Class BrowserInfo

java.lang.Object
  com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.client.BrowserInfo

public class BrowserInfo
extends Object

Class used to query information about web browser. Browser details are detected only once and those are stored in this singleton class.

Field Summary
static String	ENGINE_GECKO
static String	ENGINE_PRESTO
static String	ENGINE_TRIDENT
static String	ENGINE_WEBKIT

 

Method Summary
static BrowserInfo	get()           Singleton method to get BrowserInfo object.
int	getBrowserMajorVersion()           Returns the browser major version e.g., 3 for Firefox 3.5, 4 for Chrome 4, 8 for Internet Explorer 8.
int	getBrowserMinorVersion()           Returns the browser minor version e.g., 5 for Firefox 3.5.
static String	getBrowserString()
String	getCSSClass()           Returns a string representing the browser in use, for use in CSS classnames.
Date	getCurrentDate()           Returns the current date and time of the browser.
int	getDSTSavings()           Gets the difference in minutes between the browser's GMT timezone and DST.
float	getGeckoVersion()           Returns the Gecko version if the browser is Gecko based.
float	getIEVersion()
float	getOperaVersion()
int	getRawTimezoneOffset()           Gets the timezone offset from GMT in minutes, as reported by the browser AND adjusted to ignore daylight savings time.
int	getScreenHeight()
int	getScreenWidth()
int	getTimezoneOffset()           Get's the timezone offset from GMT in minutes, as reported by the browser.
float	getWebkitVersion()           Returns the WebKit version if the browser is WebKit based.
boolean	isAndroid()           Checks if the browser is run on Android
boolean	isAndroidWithBrokenScrollTop()           Tests if this is an Android devices with a broken scrollTop implementation
boolean	isBrowserVersionNewerOrEqual(int majorVersion, int minorVersion)           Checks if the browser version is newer or equal to the given major+minor version.
boolean	isChrome()
boolean	isDSTInEffect()           Determines whether daylight savings time (DST) is currently in effect in the region of the browser or not.
boolean	isFF2()
boolean	isFF3()
boolean	isFF4()
boolean	isFirefox()
boolean	isGecko()
boolean	isIE()
boolean	isIE6()
boolean	isIE7()
boolean	isIE8()
boolean	isIE9()
boolean	isIOS()           Checks if the browser is run on iOS
boolean	isIOS6()           Checks if the browser is run on iOS 6.
boolean	isOpera()
boolean	isOpera10()
boolean	isOpera11()
boolean	isSafari()
boolean	isSafari4()
boolean	isTouchDevice()
boolean	isWebkit()
boolean	requiresTouchScrollDelegate()           Checks if the browser is capable of handling scrolling natively or if a touch scroll helper is needed for scrolling.

 

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

 

Field Detail

ENGINE_GECKO

public static final String ENGINE_GECKO

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Constant Field Values

ENGINE_WEBKIT

public static final String ENGINE_WEBKIT

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Constant Field Values

ENGINE_PRESTO

public static final String ENGINE_PRESTO

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Constant Field Values

ENGINE_TRIDENT

public static final String ENGINE_TRIDENT

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Method Detail

get

public static BrowserInfo get()

Singleton method to get BrowserInfo object.

Returns:

instance of BrowserInfo object

getCSSClass

public String getCSSClass()

Returns a string representing the browser in use, for use in CSS classnames. The classnames will be space separated abbreviations, optionally with a version appended. Abbreviations: Firefox: ff Internet Explorer: ie Safari: sa Opera: op Browsers that CSS-wise behave like each other will get the same abbreviation (this usually depends on the rendering engine). This is quite simple at the moment, more heuristics will be added when needed. Examples: Internet Explorer 6: ".v-ie .v-ie6 .v-ie60", Firefox 3.0.4: ".v-ff .v-ff3 .v-ff30", Opera 9.60: ".v-op .v-op9 .v-op960", Opera 10.10: ".v-op .v-op10 .v-op1010"

Returns:

isIE

public boolean isIE()

isFirefox

public boolean isFirefox()

isSafari

public boolean isSafari()

isSafari4

public boolean isSafari4()

isIE6

public boolean isIE6()

isIE7

public boolean isIE7()

isIE8

public boolean isIE8()

isIE9

public boolean isIE9()

isChrome

public boolean isChrome()

isGecko

public boolean isGecko()

isWebkit

public boolean isWebkit()

isFF2

public boolean isFF2()

isFF3

public boolean isFF3()

isFF4

public boolean isFF4()

getGeckoVersion

public float getGeckoVersion()

Returns the Gecko version if the browser is Gecko based. The Gecko version for Firefox 2 is 1.8 and 1.9 for Firefox 3.

Returns:

The Gecko version or -1 if the browser is not Gecko based

getWebkitVersion

public float getWebkitVersion()

Returns the WebKit version if the browser is WebKit based. The WebKit version returned is the major version e.g., 523.

Returns:

The WebKit version or -1 if the browser is not WebKit based

getIEVersion

public float getIEVersion()

getOperaVersion

public float getOperaVersion()

isOpera

public boolean isOpera()

isOpera10

public boolean isOpera10()

isOpera11

public boolean isOpera11()

getBrowserString

public static String getBrowserString()

getScreenWidth

public int getScreenWidth()

getScreenHeight

public int getScreenHeight()

getTimezoneOffset

public int getTimezoneOffset()

Get's the timezone offset from GMT in minutes, as reported by the browser. DST affects this value.

Returns:

offset to GMT in minutes

getRawTimezoneOffset

public int getRawTimezoneOffset()

Gets the timezone offset from GMT in minutes, as reported by the browser AND adjusted to ignore daylight savings time. DST does not affect this value.

Returns:

offset to GMT in minutes

getDSTSavings

public int getDSTSavings()

Gets the difference in minutes between the browser's GMT timezone and DST.

Returns:

the amount of minutes that the timezone shifts when DST is in effect

isDSTInEffect

public boolean isDSTInEffect()

Determines whether daylight savings time (DST) is currently in effect in the region of the browser or not.

Returns:

true if the browser resides at a location that currently is in DST

getCurrentDate

public Date getCurrentDate()

Returns the current date and time of the browser. This will not be entirely accurate due to varying network latencies, but should provide a close-enough value for most cases.

Returns:

the current date and time of the browser.

isTouchDevice

public boolean isTouchDevice()

Returns:

true if the browser runs on a touch based device.

isIOS

public boolean isIOS()

Checks if the browser is run on iOS

Returns:

true if the browser is run on iOS, false otherwise

isIOS6

public boolean isIOS6()

Checks if the browser is run on iOS 6.

Returns:

true if the browser is run on iOS 6, false otherwise

isAndroid

public boolean isAndroid()

Checks if the browser is run on Android

Returns:

true if the browser is run on Android, false otherwise

requiresTouchScrollDelegate

public boolean requiresTouchScrollDelegate()

Checks if the browser is capable of handling scrolling natively or if a touch scroll helper is needed for scrolling.

Returns:

true if browser needs a touch scroll helper, false if the browser can handle scrolling natively

isAndroidWithBrokenScrollTop

public boolean isAndroidWithBrokenScrollTop()

Tests if this is an Android devices with a broken scrollTop implementation

Returns:

true if scrollTop cannot be trusted on this device, false otherwise

getBrowserMajorVersion

public int getBrowserMajorVersion()

Returns the browser major version e.g., 3 for Firefox 3.5, 4 for Chrome 4, 8 for Internet Explorer 8.

Note that Internet Explorer 8 and newer will return the document mode so IE8 rendering as IE7 will return 7.

Returns:

The major version of the browser.

getBrowserMinorVersion

public int getBrowserMinorVersion()

Returns the browser minor version e.g., 5 for Firefox 3.5.

Returns:

The minor version of the browser, or -1 if not known/parsed.

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getBrowserMajorVersion()

isBrowserVersionNewerOrEqual

public boolean isBrowserVersionNewerOrEqual(int majorVersion,
                                            int minorVersion)

Checks if the browser version is newer or equal to the given major+minor version.

Parameters:

majorVersion - The major version to check for

minorVersion - The minor version to check for

Returns:

true if the browser version is newer or equal to the given version