com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.server.

Class WebBrowser

java.lang.Object
  com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.server.WebBrowser

All Implemented Interfaces:

Terminal, Serializable

extends Object
implements Terminal

Class that provides information about the web browser the user is using. Provides information such as browser name and version, screen resolution and IP address.

Version:

6.8.18

Author:

Vaadin Ltd.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.vaadin.terminal.Terminal
`Terminal.ErrorEvent, Terminal.ErrorListener`

Constructor Summary
`WebBrowser()`

Method Summary
`String`	`getAddress()` Gets the IP-address of the web browser.
`String`	`getBrowserApplication()` Get the browser user-agent string.
`int`	`getBrowserMajorVersion()` Gets the major version of the browser the user is using.
`int`	`getBrowserMinorVersion()` Gets the minor version of the browser the user is using.
`Date`	`getCurrentDate()` Returns the current date and time of the browser.
`String`	`getDefaultTheme()` There is no default-theme for this terminal type.
`int`	`getDSTSavings()` Returns the offset in milliseconds between the browser's GMT TimeZone and DST.
`Locale`	`getLocale()` Get the default locate of the browser.
`Integer`	`getRawTimezoneOffset()` Returns the browser-reported TimeZone offset in milliseconds from GMT ignoring possible daylight saving adjustments that may be in effect in the browser.
`int`	`getScreenHeight()` Gets the height of the terminal screen in pixels.
`int`	`getScreenWidth()` Gets the width of the terminal screen in pixels.
`Integer`	`getTimezoneOffset()` Returns the browser-reported TimeZone offset in milliseconds from GMT.
`boolean`	`isChrome()` Tests whether the user is using Chrome.
`boolean`	`isDSTInEffect()` Returns whether daylight saving time (DST) is currently in effect in the region of the browser or not.
`boolean`	`isFirefox()` Tests whether the user is using Firefox.
`boolean`	`isIE()` Tests whether the user is using Internet Explorer.
`boolean`	`isLinux()` Tests whether the user is using Linux.
`boolean`	`isMacOSX()` Tests whether the user is using Mac OS X.
`boolean`	`isOpera()` Tests whether the user is using Opera.
`boolean`	`isSafari()` Tests whether the user is using Safari.
`boolean`	`isSecureConnection()` Is the connection made using HTTPS?
`boolean`	`isTouchDevice()`
`boolean`	`isWindows()` Tests whether the user is using Windows.

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

Constructor Detail

WebBrowser

public WebBrowser()

Method Detail

getDefaultTheme

public String getDefaultTheme()

There is no default-theme for this terminal type.

Specified by:: getDefaultTheme in interface Terminal

Returns:: Always returns null.

getScreenHeight

public int getScreenHeight()

Description copied from interface: Terminal

Gets the height of the terminal screen in pixels. This is the height of the screen and not the height available for the application.

Note that the screen height is typically not available in the Application.init() method as this is called before the browser has a chance to report the screen size to the server.

Specified by:: getScreenHeight in interface Terminal

Returns:: the height of the terminal screen.

getScreenWidth

public int getScreenWidth()

Description copied from interface: Terminal

Gets the width of the terminal screen in pixels. This is the width of the screen and not the width available for the application.

Note that the screen width is typically not available in the Application.init() method as this is called before the browser has a chance to report the screen size to the server.

Specified by:: getScreenWidth in interface Terminal

Returns:: the width of the terminal screen.

getBrowserApplication

public String getBrowserApplication()

Get the browser user-agent string.

Returns:: The raw browser userAgent string

getAddress

public String getAddress()

Gets the IP-address of the web browser. If the application is running inside a portlet, this method will return null.

Returns:: IP-address in 1.12.123.123 -format

getLocale

public Locale getLocale()

Get the default locate of the browser.

isSecureConnection

public boolean isSecureConnection()

Is the connection made using HTTPS?

isFirefox

public boolean isFirefox()

Tests whether the user is using Firefox.

Returns:: true if the user is using Firefox, false if the user is not using Firefox or if no information on the browser is present

isIE

public boolean isIE()

Tests whether the user is using Internet Explorer.

Returns:: true if the user is using Internet Explorer, false if the user is not using Internet Explorer or if no information on the browser is present

isSafari

public boolean isSafari()

Tests whether the user is using Safari.

Returns:: true if the user is using Safari, false if the user is not using Safari or if no information on the browser is present

isOpera

public boolean isOpera()

Tests whether the user is using Opera.

Returns:: true if the user is using Opera, false if the user is not using Opera or if no information on the browser is present

isChrome

public boolean isChrome()

Tests whether the user is using Chrome.

Returns:: true if the user is using Chrome, false if the user is not using Chrome or if no information on the browser is present

getBrowserMajorVersion

public int getBrowserMajorVersion()

Gets the major version of the browser the user is using.

Note that Internet Explorer in IE7 compatibility mode might return 8 in some cases even though it should return 7.

Returns:: The major version of the browser or -1 if not known.

getBrowserMinorVersion

public int getBrowserMinorVersion()

Gets the minor version of the browser the user is using.

Returns:: The minor version of the browser or -1 if not known.
See Also:: getBrowserMajorVersion()

isLinux

public boolean isLinux()

Tests whether the user is using Linux.

Returns:: true if the user is using Linux, false if the user is not using Linux or if no information on the browser is present

isMacOSX

public boolean isMacOSX()

Tests whether the user is using Mac OS X.

Returns:: true if the user is using Mac OS X, false if the user is not using Mac OS X or if no information on the browser is present

isWindows

public boolean isWindows()

Tests whether the user is using Windows.

Returns:: true if the user is using Windows, false if the user is not using Windows or if no information on the browser is present

getTimezoneOffset

public Integer getTimezoneOffset()

Returns the browser-reported TimeZone offset in milliseconds from GMT. This includes possible daylight saving adjustments, to figure out which TimeZone the user actually might be in, see getRawTimezoneOffset().

Returns:: timezone offset in milliseconds, 0 if not available
See Also:: getRawTimezoneOffset()

getRawTimezoneOffset

public Integer getRawTimezoneOffset()

Returns the browser-reported TimeZone offset in milliseconds from GMT ignoring possible daylight saving adjustments that may be in effect in the browser.

You can use this to figure out which TimeZones the user could actually be in by calling TimeZone#getAvailableIDs(int).

If getRawTimezoneOffset() and getTimezoneOffset() returns the same value, the browser is either in a zone that does not currently have daylight saving time, or in a zone that never has daylight saving time.

Returns:: timezone offset in milliseconds excluding DST, 0 if not available

getDSTSavings

public int getDSTSavings()

Returns the offset in milliseconds between the browser's GMT TimeZone and DST.

Returns:: the number of milliseconds that the TimeZone shifts when DST is in effect

isDSTInEffect

public boolean isDSTInEffect()

Returns whether daylight saving 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. Also note that the returned Date object uses servers default time zone, not the clients.

Returns:: the current date and time of the browser.
See Also:: isDSTInEffect(), getDSTSavings(), getTimezoneOffset()

isTouchDevice

public boolean isTouchDevice()

Returns:: true if the browser is detected to support touch events