How do you open web pages in Java?

Question

Is there a simple way to open a web page within a GUI\'s JPanel?

If not, how do you open a web page with the computer\'s default web browser?

I am hoping for so

Answer 1

Opening a web page with the default web browser is easy:

java.awt.Desktop.getDesktop().browse(theURI);

Embedding a browser is not so easy. JEditorPane has some HTML ability (if I remember my limited Swing-knowledge correctly), but it's very limited and not suiteable for a general-purpose browser.