9.7. Reading Applet Parameters
| HTML Element: | <PARAM NAME="..." VALUE="..."> |
| (No End Tag) | |
| Attributes: | NAME (required), VALUE (required) |
An applet does not receive the String[] argument list that applications get in the main method. However, you can customize an applet by supplying information inside PARAM tags located between <APPLET ...> and </APPLET>. These parameters are declared as follows:
<PARAM NAME="Parameter Name" VALUE="Parameter Value">
The parameters are read from within an applet by getParameter ("Parameter Name"), which returns "Parameter Value" as a String, or null if the parameter is not found. Note that getParameter is case sensitive, but as with HTML in general, the PARAM, NAME, and VALUE element and attribute names themselves ...
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