void lookUpTaxonID(String taxonID) { URI url; try { // We should look up the miITIS_TSN status, but since we don't // have any options there ... url = new URI( "http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=" + taxonID); } catch (URISyntaxException e) { throw new RuntimeException(e); } try { Desktop desktop = Desktop.getDesktop(); desktop.browse(url); } catch (IOException e) { MessageBox.messageBox( mainFrame, "Could not open URL '" + url + "'", "The following error occurred while looking up URL '" + url + "': " + e.getMessage(), MessageBox.ERROR); } }
void searchName(String nameToMatch) { URI url; try { // We should look up the miITIS_TSN status, but since we don't // have any options there ... url = new URI("http", "www.google.com", "/search", "q=" + nameToMatch); // I think the URI handles the URL encoding? } catch (URISyntaxException e) { throw new RuntimeException(e); } try { Desktop desktop = Desktop.getDesktop(); desktop.browse(url); } catch (IOException e) { MessageBox.messageBox( mainFrame, "Could not open URL '" + url + "'", "The following error occurred while looking up URL '" + url + "': " + e.getMessage(), MessageBox.ERROR); } }