se.entra.phantom.server.http
Class BrowserIdentification

java.lang.Object
  se.entra.phantom.server.http.BrowserIdentification

public class BrowserIdentification
extends Object

This class identifies the HTML capabilities of a browser depending on the "user agent string" returned in an HTTP request (POST or GET).

The identification of the browser is stored in the "BrowserIdentification.ini" file under the "[Base]" section.

   Platform and Browser              UserAgent string
   --------------------------------  -----------------------------------------------
   Windows NT 4.0 w/IE 4.0           Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.0; Windows NT)
   Windows NT 4.0 w/IE 3.02          Mozilla/2.0 (compatible; MSIE 3.02; Windows NT)
   Windows 95 w/IE 4.0               Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.0; Windows 95)
   Windows 95 w/IE 3.02              Mozilla/2.0 (compatible; MSIE 3.02; Windows 95)
   Windows NT 3.51 w/IE 4.0          Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.0; Windows 3.1)
   Windows 3.1 w/IE 4.0              Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.0; Windows 3.1)
   Windows NT 4.0 w/Navigator 4.04   Mozilla/4.04 [en] (WinNT; I)
   Windows NT 4.0 w/Navigator 3.04   Mozilla/3.04 (WinNT; I)
   Windows NT 3.51 w/Navigator 4.04  Mozilla/4.04 [en] (WinNT; I)
   Windows NT 3.51 w/Navigator 3.04  Mozilla/3.04 (WinNT; I)
   Windows 95 w/Navigator 4.03       Mozilla/4.03 [en] (Win95; I)
   Windows 95 w/Navigator 3.03       Mozilla/3.03 (Win95; I)
   Solaris 2.6 w/Navigator 4.02      Mozilla/4.02 [en] (X11; l; SunOS 5.6 sun4u)
 

Specify a wild card string between commas. All the specified criteras must match. Use the wild card "?" to replace a single character or "*" to replace any count of characters.

Each entry in this file should consist of two items:

   browser.id      = string1[,string2...]
   browser.section = SectionName
 

If no match is found, the file name specified by the entry "Default" is used.

The [section] or "[Default]" should contain the following entries (when an entry is not found, it is assumed to contain the string "0" (zero, meaning no support).

• DefaultCapable
  This setting indicates that the browser supports the form element parameter "DISABLED" or "READONLY" to indicate that an entry field, a button or other control should be displayed as "grayed out" and not accessible by the user. If this setting is zero, a HTML text representation of the object will be done by NetPhantom.
• Prompt
  This setting indicates that the browser supports the HTML 4.0 form tag <PROMT>. This tag makes it possible to have a text prompt associated with an object (e.g. an entry field) and to have mouse and perhaps keyboard mnemonic support. If this parameter is zero, all elements of this type will be removed from the original HTML document.

Constructor Summary

BrowserIdentification()

Method Summary

static BrowserCapabilities	identifyBrowser(HttpSession session) Identifies the browser from the user agent string.
static void	loadSettings() The Web Server calls this routine to initialize or reinitialize the "BrowserIdentification.ini" file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BrowserIdentification

public BrowserIdentification()

Method Detail

loadSettings

public static void loadSettings()
                         throws IOException

The Web Server calls this routine to initialize or reinitialize the "BrowserIdentification.ini" file.

Throws:

IOException - for IO errors.

identifyBrowser

public static BrowserCapabilities identifyBrowser(HttpSession session)

Identifies the browser from the user agent string.