Interfaces, GUIs, and Applets

CS 161 - Java

Java Enabled - How browsers use Java

References to a Java class is embedded in a web page, much as an image is embedded:

<html>
 <head>
  <title>The Hello Class Applet</title>
 </head>
 <body>
  <applet code="HelloClassApplet.class" width=150 height=100>
   Either your browser doesn't support Java or you haven't enabled Java.
   </applet>
 </body>
</html>

The JVM your browser uses downloads the class file referenced and starts executing the Java class bytecodes.

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