getting the default browser+MIME data

[waleed_cs2000]

hi all
I want to ask : how to get the current system default browser by java code at runtime (IE,firefox,...)? and how to get its specific version ? also how to get the supported MIME type of that browser also by java code?

this is intended to be part of a network agent by java.
thanks

[DonCash]

Hey Waleed,

Welcome to the Java Forums.

In older versions of Java you used to be able to use:

Code:

Systems.getProperty("browser");
Systems.getProperty("browser.version");
Systems.getProperty("browser.vendor");

But in the new versions of Java, this has been removed for security reasons.

Because of this I am no longer sure how to get the browser information you require. I will have a look around and see what I can find...