JAVA APPLETS

TOPICS TO BE COVERED…
1 .1 Concept of Applet Programming
⚫ Local and Remote applets
⚫ Difference between applet and application
⚫ Preparing to write applets
⚫ Building applet code
⚫ Applet life cycle
⚫ Creating an executable applet
1.2 Designing a web page:
⚫ Applet tag
⚫ Adding applet to HTML file
⚫ Running the applet
⚫ Passing parameter to applet
1.1 CONCEPT OF APPLET PROGRAMMING
 Java supports two types of programming :
1) Application program:
application is a program that runs on
your computer under the operating system of that
Computer.
2) Applet program:
An applet is an application designed to be
transmitted over the Internet and executed by a
Java-compatible Web browser.
APPLET
 Applet is a small program that are primarily used in
internet computing, they can be transported over the
internet from one computer to another and run using
applet viewer or java compatible web browser.
 Java applet is a java class that you embed in an HTML
page and is downloaded and executed by a web
browser.
 Applet can’t be executed directly .

 For running an applet ,HTML file must be created

which tells the browser what to load and how to run
it.
APPLET
 Applet begins execution via loading of a HTML page
“containing it” after that java enabled web browser or
“applet viewer” is required to run an applet
 Now ,Web pages not only contain static text or simple
image but it can also perform arithmetic operation
,displays graphics ,play sounds and moving Images.
 We can embed applets into web pages in two ways:

1) We can write our own applets and embed them into

web pages.
2) We can download an applet from a remote computer
system and then embed it into a web page.
LOADING OR DISPLAYING APPLET

Java Byte code

Web page html

Browser
or
Applet viewer

VM

Applet
 LOCAL APPLET
 An applet developed locally and stored in a local system
is known as local applet.

 When a web page is trying to find a local applet, it does

not need to use the Internet and therefore the local
system does not require the Internet Connection.

 It simply searches the directories in the local system

and locates and loads the specified applet.

 User can write his own applets and embed them into
web pages.
LOCAL APPLET

Local applet
L c la

Local Computer
 REMOTE APPLET
 An applet which is developed by someone else and
stored on a remote computer connected to the Internet
is known as remote Applet.
 If our system is connected to the Internet, we can
download the remote applet onto our system via
Internet and then run it.
 User can thus download an applet from a remote
computer system.
 In order to locate and load a remote applet ,we must
know the applet‟s address on web. This address is
known as URL(Uniform Resource Locator).
 URL and must be specified in the applet’s HTML
document as the value of the CODEBASE attribute.
REMOTE APPLET

CODEBASE= http: // www. Netserve.com

/applets
 In case of local applets ,CODEBSAE may be
absent or may specify a local directory.
REMOTE APPLET

Internet

Local computer Remote computer

(client) (server)
Remote applet

Loading a remote applet

LIMITATIONS OF APPLET
 All the restriction and limitations are placed in the
interest of security of systems. These ensure that an
applet can not do any damage to local system.
 Applets allow neither to execute any application nor to
load any DLL s on the local system.
 Applet do not need a main method.

 Applet runs under an applet viewer or a java

compatible web browser.
 Applets are restricted from using libraries from other
languages such as c ,c++.
 Applets can’t read or write files on the web user’s
disk. If information must be saved to disk as an applet
is executing ,the storage of information must be done
onthe disk from which the web page is served.
WHEN TO USE APPLET?

 When we need something dynamic to be included in

the display of a web page.
 When we require some flash outputs. for example
,applets that produce sounds, animations or some
special effects would be used when displaying
certain pages.
 When we want to create a program and make it
available on the internet for us by others on their
computers.
DIFFERENCE : APPLET AND APPLICATION

Applet Application
 Applet is dynamic program  Application is static
which is run on browser . program which run using
java interpreter.
 Applet do not use the main()  Application uses main()
method for initiating the method for execution of
execution of the code. the code.
 Applets can not be run  Application runs
independently. They must independently using javac
be run under an applet compiler.
viewer or a java compatible
web browser.
DIFFERENCE : APPLET AND APPLICATION

Applet Application
 Applets can not read or  Application can read write
write files on the web user’s files on the web user’s
disk. disk.
 Applet can not communicate  Application can
with other server on the communicate with other
network. servers on the network.
 Applet can not run any  Application program can
program from the local run from local computer.
computer.
 Applets are restricted from  Application program can
using libraries from other use methods of c, c++
languages such as c,c++. libraries.
APPLET CLASS
 Java.applet.Applet class is actually a subclass of
java.awt.Panel.
 Java. applet is smallest package in Java API.
 It consists of a single class (Applet) and three
interfaces: AppletContext ,AppletStub and
Audioclip.
 Applet class contains 21 methods that are used to
display images, play audio files ,respond to events
and obtain information about applet’s execution
environment ,referred as applet’s context.

Java.lang.Object

Java.awt.Component

Java.awt.Container

Java.awt.Panel

Java.applet.Applet
 Method Description
Image getImage(URL url): Used to retrieve an Image
identified by URL.

AudioClip getAudioClip(URL Used to retrieve Audioclip object

url) : that is identified by URL.

void play(URL url) If an audio clip is found then

play method is used to play an
audio clip.
void init(), void start(), Used to implement each of four
void stop(), void destroy() life cycles stages of an applet.
boolean isActive() : Return true if applet has been
started else return false if it has
been stopped
Method Description
AppletContext Used to obtain AppletContextObject
getAppletContext() : associated with an applet.

String getAppletInfo(): Returns a string object that provides

information about applet. this
includes version, copyright and
ownership data as well as applet
specific data.
URL getCodeBase() : Returns base URL specifying the
Applet’s location.
URL getDocumentBase(): Returns the URL of the HTML
document in which the applet is
contained.
void setStub(AppletStub Used to set the AppletStub
stubObj): associated with the applet. It should
not be used unless you are
constructing your own custom applet
viewer.
 Method Description

String getParameter(String Used to obtain parameter data

paramname): that is passed to an applet in
an HTML file.returns null if
parameters not found.

String [ ] [ ] Returns array that describe all

getParameterInfo( ) the parameters used by an
object

void resize(Dimension dim): Used to resize an applet

according to the dimensions
specified by dim.

void showStatus(String str) : Used to display a status

message in the status window
of the browser or appletviewer.
 SIMPLE APPLET DISPLAY METHOD
Method Description
void drawString To output a string to an applet.
(String message,int x,int y)
e.g. drawString(“hi”,10,100)

void setBackground(Color To set the back ground of a

colorname) applet window
e.g. setBackground(Color.red)
void setForeground(Color To set the foreground color of
colorname) an applet window.
e.g.
setForeground(Color.pink)
Color getBackground() To obtain the current settings
for the background color.
 SIMPLE APPLET DISPLAY METHOD
Method Description
Color getForeground() To obtain the current settings
for the foreground.
Applet getApplet(String name) To obtain the applet specified
by given name from the
current applet context.
void showStatus(String status) To dispaly the status message
in the status bar of applet
window.
URL getDocumentBase() To obtain the directory of the
current browsers page.
URL getCodeBase() To obtain the directory from
which the applet’s class file
was loaded.
PRE-DEFINED COLOR IN JAVA
Color.black Color.blue Color.cyan Color.pink
Color.darkGray Color.gray Color.green Color.orange
Color.lightGray Color.red Color.white Color.yellow
Color.mangenta
 For example this sets background color to green and
text color to red:
setBackground(Color.yellow ); java
setForeground(Color.red);
Color constructor:
Color obj= new Color (int red ,int green, int blue);
E.g:
Color c=new Color(255,100,100);
g.setColor( c );
Color Obtained Red Green Value Blue Value
Value
white 255 255 255

Black 0 0 0

Lightgray 192 192 192

darkgray 128 128 128

Red 255 0 0

Green 0 255 0

blue 0 0 255

Yellow 255 255 0

purple 255 0 255

STEPS TO DEVELOPING AND TESTING AN
APPLET:

1) Building an applet code(.java file)

2) Creating an executable applet (.class file)
3) Designing a web page using HTML tags
4) Preparing <APPLET> tag
5) Incorporating <APPLET> tag into the web page
6) Creating HTML file
7) Testing the applet code
HTML TAGS
<HTML> ............. </HTML>
<HEAD> .............</HEAD>
<TITLE>. ........... </TITLE>
<BODY>. ........... </BODY>
<H1>........</H1>.......<H6> ............ </H6>
<CENTER> ............. </CENTER>
<APPLET. >
<APPLET...> .............</APPLET>
BUILDING APPLET CODE
 Applet code uses the services of two classes, namely
Applet and Graphics from java class.
 Applet class is contained in java.applet package
,which provides life and behavior to the applet
through its methods such as init() ,start() and
paint().
 Applet class maintains the life cycle of an applet.

 When an applet is loaded ,java automatically calls a

series of Applet class methods for the
starting,running,stopping the applet code.
 When paint() method is called ,it will actually display
the result of the applet code on the screen.The output
may be text,graphics or sound.
BUILDING APPLET CODE
 The paint() method requires a Graphics object as an
argument.
public void paint (Graphics g)
 We have to import java.awt package that contains
Graphics class.
 All output operation of an applet are performed using
the methods defined in the Graphics class.
 The appletclassname is the main class for the applet.
When the applet is loaded ,java creates an instance of
this class and then create Applet class methods are
called on that instance to execute the code.
 appletclassname should be declared public because it
is main applet class.
GENERAL FORMAT OF APPLET CODE:
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
.........
.........
public class appletclassname extends Applet
{
............
............
public void paint(Graphics g)
{
//Applet operation code
}
............
............
}
GENERAL FORMAT OF APPLET CODE:
//save file with name Hellojava.class in a java
subdirectory

import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
public class Hellojava extends Applet
{
public void paint(Graphics g)
{
g.drawString( “Hello java” ,10,100);
}
}
OUTPUT:

Hello Java
APPLET LIFE CYCLE

 Every java applet inherits a set of default behaviours

from the Applet class. So when an applet is loaded ,it
undergoes a series of changes in its state.

The applet states are:

Born or Initialization state
1) Running state
2) Idle state
3) Dead or destroyed state
APPLET LIFE CYCLE
 INITIALIZATION STATE
Applet enters the initialization state when it is first loaded.
This is achieved by calling the init() method of Applet class.
The applet is born.
 Initialization state occurs only once in the applet’s life
cycle.
 We do following at this stage,

- create objects needed by the applet

- set up initial values , initialize variables
- Load images or fonts
- set up colors
INITIALIZATION STATE
 To provide any of behaviour mentioned above, we must
override init() method:

public void init()

{
............(Action)
}
RUNNING STATE
 Applet enters the running state when the system
calls start( ) method of Applet class.
 This occurs automatically after applet is initialized.
 Starting of applet can also occur if the applet is
already in “stopped” (idle) state.
 Unlike init() method, the start( ) method may be
called more than once.
 We may override the start( ) method to create a
thread to control the applet.
public void start( )
{
............(Action)
............
}
IDLE OR STOPPED STATE
 An applet becomes idle when it is stopped from
running.
 Stopping occurs automatically when we leave the page
containing the currently running applet.
 We can also stop applet by calling the stop( ) method
explicitly.
 If we use thread to run the applet then we must use
stop( ) method to terminate the thread.
 To do this override stop() method:

public void stop()

{
..................(Action)
.................. }
 DEAD STATE
 An applet is said to be dead when it is removed from
memory .This occurs automatically by invoking the
destroy() method when we quit the browser.
 Destroying stage occurs only once in the applet’s life
cycle.
 If the applet has created any resources, like threads we
may override destroy( ) method to clean up these
resources .
public void destroy()
{
...............
................
}
DISPLAY STATE
 Applets moves to the display state ,whenever it has to
perform some output operations on the screen.
 This happens immediately after the applet enters into
the running state.
 The paint() method is called to accomplish this task.

 Almost every applet will have paint() method .

 We must have to override paint() if we want anything to

be displayed on the screen.
 Display state is not considered as a part of the applet’slife
cycle.
 DISPLAY STATE
 The paint() method is defined in the applet class.it is
inherited from the Component class ,a super class of
Applet.

public void paint(Graphics g)

{
.............(Display statements)
.............
}
Notes:
public void init(): is used to initialized the Applet. It is invoked only once.
public void start(): is invoked after the init() method or browser is maximized. It is used to start
the Applet.
public void stop(): is used to stop the Applet. It is invoked when Applet is stop or browser
is minimized.
public void destroy(): is used to destroy the Applet. It is invoked only once.
 1.2 DESIGNING WEB PAGE USING HTML
TAG
Designing web page using HTML tag
 Java programs resides on web pages.To run a java
applet ,it is necessary to have a web page that
reference that applet.
 A web page is made up of text and HTML tags that
can be interpreted by a web browser or applet viewer.
 A web page is also known as HTML page or HTML
document.
 Web pages are stored using a file extension .html

 HTML files should be stored in the same directory as

the compiled code of the applets.
CREATING AN EXECUTABLE APPLET
 Executable applet is .class file of the applet which is
obtained by compiling the source code of the applet.
 Compiling an applet is same as compiling an application.
Ex. Hellojava.java
1) Move to directory containing the source code and type
command:
javac Hellojava.java
2) The compiled output file called Hellojava.class is placed
in same directory as the source .
3) If any error message is received ,then we must check
for errors ,correct them and compile the applet again.
CREATING AN EXECUTABLE APPLET
Web page is divided in to three major sections:
1) Comment section(optional)
2) Head Section(optional)
3) Body section
<HTML>

<!
----------- Comment section
------------
>

<HEAD>
Head section
Title tag
</HEAD>

<BODY>

Applet tag Body section

</BODY>

</HTML>
HEAD SECTION:

<HEAD>
<TITLE> Welcome to Java Applets
</TITLE>
</HEAD>

Here, text enclosed in <TITLE> and

</TITLE> will appear in the title bar of the web
browser when it displays the page.
BODY SECTION:
After Head section comes the body section. This
section contains the entire information about the
web page and its behavior.
<BODY>
<CENTER>
<H1> WELCOME </H1>
</CENTER>
<APPLET .........>

</APPLET>
</BODY>
APPLET TAG

 <APPLET ....> tag supplies the name of applet

to be loaded and tells the browser how much
space the applet requires.
 The ellipsis in the tag <APPLET ....> indicates
that it contains certain attributes that must be
specified.
 This HMTL code tells the browser to load the
compiled java applet Hellojava.class ,which is in
the same directory as this HTML file and also
specify display area for the applet output.
APPLET TAG

Minimum requirement of <APPLET> TAG:

<APPLET CODE=Hellojava.class WIDTH=200HEIGHT=400>

</APPLET>

Name of applet width of applet Height of applet

(in pixels) (in pixels)
ATTRIBUTES OF APPLET TAG
<APPLET
[ CODEBASE= codebase_URL]
CODE=AppletfileName.class
[ALT = Alternate_text ]
[Name = applet_instance_name ]
WIDTH = Pixels
HEIGHT = Pixels
[ ALIGN= Alignment]
[ VSPACE = Pixels ]
[ HSPACE = Pixles] >
[ <PARAM NAME=name1 VALUE= value1 >]
[ <PARAM NAME=name2 VALUE= value2 >]
</APPLET>
ADDING APPLET TO HTML FILE
<HTML>
<! This page includes a welcome title in title bar
and also display a welcome message. >
<HEAD>
<TITLE> Welcome to Java Applets </TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<CENTER> <H1> WELCOME </H1>
</CENTER>
< APPLET CODE=Hellojava.class WIDTH=200
HEIGHT=400 >
</APPLET>
</BODY>
</HTML>
RUNNING THE APPLET
We must have following files in our current directory:
1) Hellojava.java
2) Hellojava.class
3) Hellojava.html
 To run an applet ,we require one of following tools:

1) Java enabled web browser :if we use it,we will be

able to see the entire web page containing the
applet.
2) Java appletviewer:
 if we use it,we will only see the applet output.
 appletviewer is not full-fledged web browser and
therfore it ignores all of the HTML tags except the
part which runs applet.
Syntax: appletviewer Hellojava.html
STEPS TO ADDING AN APPLET TO HTML
PAGE
1) Insert an <APPLET> tag at an appropriate place in
web page.
2) Specify the name of the applet ‘s .class file.
3) If the .class file is not in the current directory ,uses
the codebase parameter to specify
 The relative path if file is on the local system

 The URL of the directory containing the file if it is on

a remote computer.
4) Specify the space required for display of the applet in
terms of width and height in pixels.
STEPS TO ADDING AN APPLET TO
HTML PAGE
5) Add any user defined parameters using <PARAM>
tags.
6) Add alternate HTML text to be displayed when a
non java browser is used.
7) Close the applet declaration with the </APPLET>
tag.
 PASSING PARAMETER TO APPLETS

 <PARAM ...> tag is used to supply user defined

parameters to applet.
 Passing parameter to an appplet code using <PARAM>
tag is similar to passing parameters to the main()
method using command line argument.
 To pass and handles parameter ,do following:

1) Include appropriate <PARAM...> tag in HTML

document.
2) Provide code in the applet to parse these parameters.
 Parameters are passed to an applet when applet is
loaded.
 We can define init( ) method in applet to get hold of
the parameters defined in <PARAM> tags.
PASSING PARAMETER TO APPLETS
 getParameter() method ,takes one string
argument representing the name of program.
 Each <PARAM...> tag has a name attribute
(color) and value attribute (red).
 Inside the applet code ,the applet can refer to
that parameter by name to find its value.
 We can also change text to be displayed by an
applet by supplying new text to the applet
through <PARAM....> tag.
 E.g. : <APPLET ...... >

<PARAM name=color value=“red”>

<PARAM name=text value=“I like
java!”>
</APPLET>
EXAMPLE OF <PARAM> TAG
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class Helloparam extends Applet
{ String str;
public void init()
{
str=getParameter("string");
if(str==null)
str="java";
str="hello" + str;
}
EXAMPLE OF <PARAM> TAG

public void paint(Graphics g)

{
g.drawString(str,10,100);
}
}

//save file in path “D:\javapro\Helloparam.java”

HTML FILE FOR <PARAM> TAG
<html>
<! parameterized HTML file>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Welcome to java Applets</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<APPLET CODE=Helloparam.class width=400
height=400 >
<PARAM NAME="string" VALUE= "Applet !">
</APPLET>
</BODY>
</html>
//save file in path “D:\javapro\Helloparam.html”
GRAPHICS CLASS
 The Graphics class is part of AWT.
 It is contained in java.awt.Graphics ,and it includes
methods for drawing types of shapes or text in variety of
fonts.
 Every applet has its own area of the screen known as
canvas. Where it creates its display.
 Java applets draws graphical images inside its space
using the coordinate system. Java's coordinate system
has the origin ( 0, 0) in the upper-left corner.
 Positive x values are to the right and positive y
values are to the bottom. The values of coordinates x
and y are in pixels.
GRAPHICS CLASS

 Using drawing methods of class we can draw a

shape on the screen.
 All the drawing methods have arguments
representing end points, corners or starting
location of shape as values in applet;s coordinate
system.
COORDINATE SYSTEM OF JAVA

(0.0)

(20,20)

( 60,60)
 METHODS OF GRAPHICS CLASS
Methods Description
 clearRect( ) Erases a rectangular area of canvas
 copyArea( ) Copies a rectangular area of the
canvas to other area.
 drawArc( ) Draws a hollow arc.
 drawLine( ) Draws a straight line.
 drawOval( ) Draws a hollow oval
 drawPolygon( ) Draws a hollow polygon.

 drawRect( ) Draws a hollow rectangle.

 drawRoundRec:t( )Draws hollow rectangle with
rounded corners.
 METHODS OF GRAPHICS CLASS
Methods Description
 drawString( ) Displays a text string
 fillArc( ) Draws a filled arc.
 fillOval( ) Draws a filled oval.
 fillPolygon( ) Draws a filled polygon.
 fillRect( ) Draws a filled rectangle.
 fillR0undRect( ) Draws a filled rectangle with

rounded corners
 getColor( ) Retrieve the current drawing color
 getFontMetrics( )Retrieves information about the
current font.
 setColor( ) Sets the drawing color.
 setFont( ) Sets the font.
Thank you