Re: Store some data when JVM is active
Alessio wrote:
Not sure I understand exactly what you want... but, have you
considered using static fields ("class variables")? They're allocated
when the owning class is loaded and remain accessible for the entire
lifespan of the JVM. So different applications running inside the same
VM can access them. Of course you'll need to build an abstraction upon
such field(s), so that you can e.g. handle concurrency in a
transparent way, and in general adopt the good practice of denying
direct access to the fields, masking it with method calls.
Of course this works only if you are certain that all your apps will
run inside the same VM. If the VM is shut down, or the system crashes,
etc., any non-persistent state is of course lost.
Just my 2 cents...
Static variables are dangerous, albeit sometimes useful. Some folks advocate
never exposing a static variable (except for compile-time constants and
immutable fields).
OP: Running "one application" then "another application" implies two JVMs,
despite the phrase "same JVM". How are you loading the second app?
You also use the term "applet", which in the Java universe means something
very, very different from "application". Which is it?
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