AppletContext

Name

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