Load tree from file constructor fixed

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / util / BrowserLauncher.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/util/BrowserLauncher.java b/src/jalview/util/BrowserLauncher.java
index 6bac25b..d912173 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/util/BrowserLauncher.java
+++ b/src/jalview/util/BrowserLauncher.java
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ public class BrowserLauncher
   }\r
 \r
   /**\r
-   * Attempts to locate the default web browser on the local system.  Caches results so it\r
+   * Attempts to locate the default web browser on the local system.    s results so it\r
    * only locates the browser once for each use of this class per JVM instance.\r
    * @return The browser for the system.  Note that this may not be what you would consider\r
    *                        to be a standard web browser; instead, it's the application that gets called to\r
@@ -645,7 +645,6 @@ public class BrowserLauncher
             }\r
             catch (IllegalArgumentException iare)\r
             {\r
-              browser = browser;\r
               errorMessage = iare.getMessage();\r
 \r
               return null;\r
@@ -689,21 +688,20 @@ public class BrowserLauncher
 \r
       case OTHER:\r
       default:\r
-        browser = jalview.bin.Cache.applicationProperties.getProperty(\r
-            "jalview.browser");\r
-\r
-        if (browser == null)\r
-        {\r
-          // hope firefox exists :-/\r
-          browser = "firefox";\r
-        }\r
+        browser = jalview.bin.Cache.getDefault("DEFAULT_BROWSER", "firefox");\r
 \r
         break;\r
     }\r
 \r
     return browser;\r
   }\r
-\r
+  /**\r
+   * used to ensure that browser is up-to-date after a configuration\r
+   * change (Unix DEFAULT_BROWSER property change).\r
+   */\r
+  public static void resetBrowser() {\r
+    browser = null;\r
+  }\r
   /**\r
    * Attempts to open the default web browser to the given URL.\r
    * @param url The URL to open\r