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/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
 * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
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 */

package sample.google.search;

import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.HyperlinkEvent;
import javax.swing.event.HyperlinkListener;
import java.awt.*;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * class LinkFollower
 * Listen to HyperLink actions and Open Simple web browser to open URLs
 */
class LinkFollower implements HyperlinkListener, Runnable {


    /**
     * Flag to used by the thread, If set, thread opens a URL in the Simple Web Browser
     */
    protected static boolean showURL = false;

    /**
     * Used as the root of the Simple web Browser, only one instance is needed
     */
    private static JEditorPane jep;

    /**
     * Used for the Simple web Browser, only one instance is needed
     */
    private static JFrame f;
    private static JPanel contentPane;
    private static JScrollPane scrollPane;

    /**
     * Flag to prevent duplicating Building of the Simple web browser Window
     */
    private static boolean builded = false;

    /**
     * Keep the URL of the last Hyperlink click event
     */
    private static String currentURL;

    /**
     * Constructor
     */
    public LinkFollower() {

    }

    /**
     * method hyperlinkUpdate
     * The action is to show the page of the URL the user clicked on.
     *
     * @param evt the event. We only care when its type is ACTIVATED.
     */
    public void hyperlinkUpdate(HyperlinkEvent evt) {
        if (evt.getEventType() == HyperlinkEvent.EventType.ACTIVATED) {

            /** Window is not built yet, so build it */

            if (!builded) {
                buildURLWindaw();
            }
            try {
                currentURL = evt.getURL().toString();
                //System.out.println("Going to " + currentURL);
                showURL = true;

            } catch (Exception e) {
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * method setPage
     * Open the URL in the simple web browser window by replacing the previous one
     */
    protected void setPage() {
        jep.setEditable(false);
        jep.addHyperlinkListener(new LinkFollower());
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);

        contentPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        contentPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 100));
        contentPane.add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);

        f.pack();
        f.setSize(640, 360);
        f.setVisible(true);
        try {
            jep.setPage(currentURL);
            //jep.setPage("http://www.google.com/");
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.err.println(e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * method buildURLWindow
     * Build the Simple Web Broser but not displayed
     */
    private void buildURLWindaw() {
        builded = true;
        jep = new JEditorPane();
        f = new JFrame("Simple Web Browser");
        contentPane = (JPanel) f.getContentPane();
        scrollPane = new JScrollPane(jep);
    }

    /**
     * method run
     * check the showURL flag and if set, open the url in simple Web Browser
     */
    public void run() {
        while (true) {
            if (showURL) {
                this.setPage();
                showURL = false;
            }
            try {
                Thread.sleep(100);
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }
}

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