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AppletContext

Name

AppletContext

[Graphic: Figure from the text]

Description

AppletContext is an interface that provides the means to control the browser environment in which the applet is running.

Interface Definition

public abstract interface java.applet.AppletContext {
  // Interface Methods
  public abstract Applet getApplet (String name);
  public abstract Enumeration getApplets();
  public abstract AudioClip getAudioClip (URL url);
  public abstract Image getImage (URL url);
  public abstract void showDocument (URL url);
  public abstract void showDocument (URL url, String frame);
  public abstract void showStatus (String message);
}

Interface Methods

getApplet

public abstract Applet getApplet (String name)

Parameters

name: Name of applet to locate.

Returns

Applet fetched.

Description

Gets a reference to another executing applet.

getApplets

public abstract Enumeration getApplets()

Returns

List of applets executing.

Description

Gets references to all executing applets.

getAudioClip

public abstract AudioClip getAudioClip (URL url)

Parameters

url: Location of an audio file.

Returns

AudioClip fetched.

Description

Loads an audio file.

getImage

public abstract Image getImage (URL url)

Parameters

url: Location of an image file.

Returns

Image fetched.

Description

Loads an image file.

showDocument

public abstract void showDocument (URL url)

Parameters

url: New web page to display.

Description

Changes the displayed web page.

public abstract void showDocument (URL url, String frame)

Parameters

url

New web page to display.

frame

Name of the frame in which to display the new page.

Description

Displays a web page in another frame.

showStatus

public abstract void showStatus (String message)

Parameters

message: Message to display.

Description

Displays a message on the status line of the browser.

See Also

Applet, AudioClip, Enumeration, Image, Object, String, URL


Applet		AppletStub