CHAPTER 21
Building Applets
What is an applet? An applet is a Panel (inherits from Panel), which can be embedded on a Web (HTML) page. What are the additional features of Applet compared to a Panel? There are no GUI-related additional features in Applet compared to a Panel, but it has the capability of interacting with the Browser, and has a life cycle based on which it is managed by the Browser. When an applet is viewed on a Web page on the browser, the browser invokes the life-cycle methods based on the activity taking place within the browser, related to the applet.
For an applet to be able to work in a browser, the browser must have JVM. The JVM needs to be started before the Applet can be used. When is the JVM started? The JVM is normally ...
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