com.opera.core.systems
Class OperaPaths

java.lang.Object
  com.opera.core.systems.OperaPaths

public class OperaPaths
extends Object

This class tries to find the paths to Opera and the launcher on any system. If it cannot find a launcher it will extract the appropriate one from the JAR it is in or attempt to copy it from the source directory.

Author:

Stuart Knightley , Andreas Tolf Tolfsen , Deniz Turkoglu

Constructor Summary

OperaPaths()

Method Summary

static boolean	isPathValid(String path) Check that the given path is not null, not empty and that it exists.
static String	operaPath() This method will try and find Opera on any platform.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

OperaPaths

public OperaPaths()

Method Detail

operaPath

public static String operaPath()

This method will try and find Opera on any platform. It performs the following steps: 1. Check the environment variable OPERA_PATH. If it exists, and the file it points to exists, then return 2. Check if Opera exists at the default location on the respective OS 3. (Unix) Call `which opera` to find the location 4. Give up and return null

Returns:

the path to Opera, or null

isPathValid

public static boolean isPathValid(String path)

Check that the given path is not null, not empty and that it exists.

Parameters:

path - the path to check

Returns:

true if the path is valid, false otherwise