Chapter 17. USING APPLETS AS SERVLET FRONT ENDS

Topics in This Chapter

  • Sending GET data and having the browser display the results

  • Sending GET data and processing the results within the applet (HTTP tunneling)

  • Using object serialization to exchange high-level data structures between applets and

  • Sending POST data and processing the results within the applet

  • Bypassing the HTTP server altogether

HTML forms, discussed in Chapter 16, provide a simple but limited way of collecting user input and transmitting it to a servlet or CGI program. Occasionally, however, a more sophisticated user interface is required. Applets give you more control over the size, color, and font of the GUI controls; provide more built-in capability (sliders, line drawing, pop-up ...

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