Java Runtime exec：从Firefox获取信息

Question

With Java I am able to open Firefox just fine with a URL I set using this code:

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe" + " " + "http://www.website.com");

But if possible how can I then return the following data?

1. If Firefox loaded successfully? (As a bool)
2. If the URL(s) loaded successfully? (As a bool, or if using more than 1 URL as a bool array)
3. The time taken to load (As a value/string, or if using more than 1 URL as a value/string array.
4. The contents of the Firefox Web Console (As a string, or if using more than 1 URL as a string array)

Is there a way to do this and get back this type of data from Firefox or other programs that .exec is launching?

Answer 1

You're simply not going to get very much mileage from Java Runtime.exec(), IMHO...

Here's an alternative that should let you do some/most of what you're trying to do ... from Perl (not Java):

• Programatically find page load times for top-1000 websites

That's just an example. There are many, many other alternatives. If you want to go the Java route, search for "screen scrapers" or "automation". For example:

• http://www.manageability.org/blog/stuff/screen-scraping-tools-written-in-java/view

• http://code.google.com/p/selenium/

'Hope that helps

Answer 2

I would recommend to take a look at Selenium... Basically, you need (of course) a monitor for the firefox process, and since Firefox does not offer COM you need sth "inside" firefox, ie a plugin. This is what selenium does. Such a plugin then could send you any internals for instance through a simple tcp connection.