Chapter 16 Applets and Multimedia.ppt

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Sixth Edition, (c) 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 0-13-222158-6 Chapter 16 Applets and Multimedia Objectives To explain how the Web browser controls and executes applets (§ 15.2). To describe the init, start, stop, and destroy methods in the Applet class (§ 15.2). To know how to embed applets in Web pages (§ 15.4). To run applets from appletviewer and from Web browsers (§ 15.4). To pass string values to applets from HTML (§ 15.5). To write a Java program that can run as both an application and an applet (§ 15.6). To get image files using the URL class and display images in the panel (§ 15.9 Optional). To develop a reusable component ImageViewer to display images (§ 15.10 Optional). To get audio files and play sound (§ 15.12 Optional). To package and deploy Java projects using Java archive files (§ 15.13 Optional). To use Swing pluggable look-and-feel (§ 15.14 Optional). The Applet Class public class MyApplet extends java.applet.Applet { ... /** The no-arg constructor is called by the browser when the Web page containing this applet is initially loaded, or reloaded */ public MyApplet() { ... } ? /** Called by the browser after the applet is loaded */ public void init() { ... } ? /** Called by the browser after the init() method, or every time the Web page is visited */ public void start() { ... } ? /** Called by the browser when the page containing this applet becomes inactive */ public void stop() { ... } ? /** Called by the browser when the Web browser exits */ public void destroy() { ... } ? /** Other methods if necessary... */ } The Applet Class, cont. When the applet is loaded, the Web browser creates an instance of the applet by invoking the applet’s no-arg constructor. The browser uses the init, start, stop, and destroy methods to control the applet. By default, these methods do nothing. To perform specific functio