From 4d6166dc125dc43bd80f6c93fdfb5e5e6e5761fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ray Greenwell <ray@threerings.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 02:10:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added a safe navigateToURL method for sending the browser to
 some page. If the user embeds the flash client on their own page, if someone
 then clicks something to visit a msoy page, we will be unable to load that
 page in that same tab/window. Instead, we'll be forced by flash security
 restrictions to open in a blank window. Allow for either method, falling back
 to a blank window if the other method fails.

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://src.earth.threerings.net/narya/trunk@4289 542714f4-19e9-0310-aa3c-eee0fc999fb1
---
 src/as/com/threerings/util/NetUtil.as | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/as/com/threerings/util/NetUtil.as

diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/util/NetUtil.as b/src/as/com/threerings/util/NetUtil.as
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b47fed06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/util/NetUtil.as
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package com.threerings.util {
+
+import flash.net.URLRequest;
+//import flash.net.navigateToURL; // function import
+
+public class NetUtil
+{
+    /**
+     * Convenience method to load a web page in the browser window without
+     * having to worry about SecurityErrors in various conditions.
+     */
+    public static function navigateToURL (
+            url :String, newWindow :Boolean = false) :void
+    {
+        var ureq :URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
+        if (!newWindow) {
+            try {
+                flash.net.navigateToURL(ureq, "_self");
+                return;
+            } catch (err :SecurityError) {
+                // ignore; fall back to using a blank window, below...
+            }
+        }
+
+        // open in a blank window
+        try {
+            flash.net.navigateToURL(ureq);
+        } catch (err :SecurityError) {
+            Log.getLog(NetUtil).warning(
+                "Unable to navigate to URL [e=" + err + "].");
+        }
+    }
+
+
+}
+}