> `JDK has the following API : java.awt.Desktop.browse(URI) "Launches the > default browser to display a URI." > > On Windows and macOS, the JDK used to call platform APIs to do this which > would recognise some schemes as ones which would launch an associated > application. For example on Windows "calculator:" is a scheme that windows > may open the calculator, and on macOS "facetime:" may open the facetime > application. > > Desktop.browse now always launches the browser directly, which is a problem > for apps that took advantage of the previous behavior, since the browser > itself may not re-direct to those applications. > > The current behaviour is intentional to provide a secure-by-default behaviour. > > The proposal here is to introduce an implementation system property ( > **awt.desktop.browse_insecure**) which will allow apps to opt back into the > old behaviour on Windows and macOS. > > The end-user, or the application, can set this property as a comma separated > list of allowed schemes : > > -Dawt.desktop.browse_insecure=calculator,file > > where on Windows, the calculator and file scheme will be opened in open > calc.exe and the File Explorer app respectively. > > or -Dawt.desktop.browse_insecure=* > > which allows all schemes. > > If -Dawt.desktop.browse_insecure is set or the scheme is in the allowed list, > then JDK will open the URI using platform APIs which may open an associated > app instead of the browser > If -Dawt.desktop.browse_insecure is NOT set or scheme is NOT in the allowed > list, the browser is explicitly launched and URI is handled by the browser - > i.e. no change from current behaviour. > > > > --------- > - [x] I confirm that I make this contribution in accordance with the [OpenJDK > Interim AI Policy](https://openjdk.org/legal/ai).
Prasanta Sadhukhan has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision: Use shared implementation ------------- Changes: - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/32247/files - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/32247/files/8b9c2adc..9ea7d143 Webrevs: - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=32247&range=01 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=32247&range=00-01 Stats: 52 lines in 3 files changed: 27 ins; 22 del; 3 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/32247.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/32247/head:pull/32247 PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/32247
