Can Java's Desktop library launch a URL in a new Browser Tab or Window?

Question

I have a static method used to launch a browser with a given URL. When the browser is already open, this takes over the active browser window.

This is a problem if t

Answer 1

It sounds like the java.awt.Desktop API doesn't give this level of functionality.

Here is a link we found to the java.net forums where this was asked in 2006.

A response there referred to JDIC's WebBrowser.