Applet Deployment Improvements
There have also been improvements in the areas of applets. The four main improvements are
Applet Caching Control
Fast Loading of Applet Support Classes
Jar Indexing
Automatic Installation of Extensions
Applet Caching Control
Most applications in the past that used applets have relied on the browser cache to keep the applet from being downloaded each time it's referenced. The applet was stored in the browser cache and the cache's applet was used instead when the application referenced the applet instead of downloading it again. However, there was a problem with this method because if the applet was large and the cache for the browser was full, the applet could be removed and would have to be downloaded again if it was ...
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