Re: Stopping an applet
Jacob Nedle wrote On 07/18/06 12:33,:
I'm using 1.5_07 in Windows Internet Explorer 6.0.
The stop-method suggests that:
"Called by the browser or applet viewer to inform this applet that it should
stop its execution."
Fine by me. My application is not threaded so there's no need to halt/stop
any threads. It just strikes me as odd when SUN
writes the above about the stop-method because if the application is not
executing then it should terminate and release its ressources.
There has to be some way for the stop-method to terminate the JVM that holds
the applet and release its ressources.
Why should an applet be allowed to terminate the JVM?
What would that do to the other, completely independent
applets that might be executing at the same time?
I think your overall picture of the applet environment
may be askew somehow. The applet is the browser's guest,
not the browser's master. As an innkeeper rents you the
use of a bed, a room, and a TV set but retains ownership
of all of them, so the browser allows the applet to use a
display, a JVM, and a network connection that the browser
retains title to. The innkeeper will be upset if you smash
the bed and try to walk out with the TV; the browser will
not let you smash the JVM and run off with the display.
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Eric.Sosman@sun.com