Applet and libraries - java

My applet doesn’t see the external libraries. Everything works using the appletviewer, but not using the browser. I’ve put in my “test_applet” folder the jar (TreC-Vis.jar) containing the applet classes, four jar libraries used by TreC-Vis and the html file with the following applet tag:
<applet code="gui.Gui" archive="TreC-Vis.jar,postgresql-8.4-701.jdbc4.jar,postgis_1.5.0.jar,jfreechart-1.0.13.jar,jcommon-1.0.16.jar" width="1024" height="768"> </applet>
Java console gives me a java.io.FileNotFoundException for each of the four jar libraries.
I specify that I exported TreC-Vis.jar from the corresponding Eclipse project, in which I put these libraries in a “lib” folder at the same level of the “src” package.
What’s wrong with the applet tag I wrote?
Reading the tutorial here
http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/deployment/jar/downman.html
I’ve been considering the possibility to put everything, applet and libraries, in one jar as a solution, but I would need some example of the “custom code” mentioned in the Note.
Thanks in advance.

My applet doesn’t see the external libraries. ..They are just native libraries, .. .class files ..
OK. If then, you mean 'natives' as in files of type .dll, .so etc., that is problematic for an applet in that they cannot use the natives unless they are already installed in the appropriate directory of the user system.
Having said that, recent developments allow us to deploy an embedded applet using Java webstart (JWS). JWS makes use of natives easy. Simply put them in the root of a Jar file and add them to a nativelib element in the (XML based) launch file (file type .jnlp).
Even better, JWS can separate the downloads into resources for different operating systems, so Windows gets the .dll natives, while *nix get the .so natives.
JWS offers many more useful features, but the important thing here is that they can make natives available to applets.
Use of native libs in an applet, requires the applet to be trusted.

jar cfm MyApplet.jar MyManifest.txt MyPackage1 MyPackage2 MyPackage3
This was the line I was looking for. This way I've put in my manifest the classpath of the external libraries.

Here is my code and how I have used native libraries in that. It does work in Windowes but it doesn't work in Linux and I receive
access denied("java.lang.RuntimePermission""loadLibrary.hello")
Here is my JNLP:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jnlp spec="1.0+" codebase="" href="">
<resources>
<!-- Application Resources -->
<j2se version="1.7+"
href="http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se"/>
<jar href="applet.jar" main="true" />
<nativelib download="eager" href="libhello.jar"/>
</resources>
<applet-desc
name="Math Applet"
main-class="NativeHelloApplet"
width="10"
height="1">
</applet-desc>
<update check="background"/>
</jnlp>
My Applet:
import java.security.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class NativeHelloApplet extends JApplet
{
public native String displayHelloWorld();
public native int initPKE (int[] retVal);
public NativeHelloApplet() {
}
public void init()
{
// privileged code goes here, for example:
System.loadLibrary("hello");
getContentPane().add(new JLabel("Test"));
getContentPane().add(new JLabel(displayHelloWorld()));
}
}
My native .c code :
#include <jni.h>
#include "NativeHelloApplet.h"
#include <stdio.h>
JNIEXPORT jstring JNICALL
Java_NativeHelloApplet_displayHelloWorld(JNIEnv *env, jobject obj)
{
return (*env)->NewStringUTF(env,"Hello world!\n");
}
My HTML page:
<Html>
<Head>
<Title>Java Example</Title>
</Head>
<Body>
This is my page<br>
Below you see an applet<br>
<br>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="deployJava.js"></script>
<script>
var attributes = {
id: "sswSignApplet",
code: "NativeHelloApplet",
width: 300,
height: 60
};
var parameters = {jnlp_href:"launch.jnlp"}; <!-- Applet Parameters -->
var version = "1.6"; <!-- Required Java Version -->
deployJava.runApplet(attributes, parameters, version);
</script>
</Body>
</Html>
libhello.jar contains the shared object of my native code and is located on the same folder as html and jnlp.
It works in windows when I put hello.jar(containing hello.dll) in resource section but in Linux I received the mentioned error.

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Embed Java Applet on GitHub Page

I am working on a Java project that I am hosting on GitHub. I wanted to use GitHub Pages to have a page hosted on GitHub with the applet embedded. Now, I'm trying to embed an applet into the page, with the applet files hosted on GitHub on the gh-pages branch. I exported the Java applet as "exploded", so all of the class files show up in their correct hierarchy. In `index.html, I'm using this code:
<section id="main_content">
<script>
var attributes = {codebase: 'cubesorter/me/nrubin29/cubesorter/',
code: 'Viewer.class',
archive: 'cubesorter.jar',
width: '800',
height: '600'};
var parameters = {java_arguments: '-Xmx256m'}; // customize per your needs
var version = '1.5'; // JDK version
deployJava.runApplet(attributes, parameters, version);
</script>
</section>
However, I get a ClassNotFoundException for Viewer.class. Do I have everything set up correctly?
I can't leave comments yet, but I'm wondering if the ClassNotFoundException is referring to one of your classes that you wrote or a class from a dependency. Are you depending on external .jar files? They might be on your development environment but not in deployment. Perhaps you need something like Maven to make sure everything (including all the classes) is being deployed.
You need to move viewer.class into the cubesorter/tree/gh-pages directory.
Simple fix. Not much more to it.
<!-- try the applet tag instead -->
<applet src="cubesorter.jar" code="https://github.com/nrubin29/cubesorter/blob/gh-pages/cubesorter/me/nrubin29/cubesorter/Viewer.class?raw=true">Java not supported</applet>
<!-- <section id="main_content">
<script>
var attributes = {codebase: 'cubesorter/me/nrubin29/cubesorter/',
//How is this even parsed?
code: 'https:\/\/github.com\/nrubin29\/cubesorte\r/blob/gh-pages/\cubesorter\/me\/nrubin29\/cubesorter\/Viewer.class?raw=true',
archive: 'cubesorter.jar',
width: '800',
height: '600'};
var parameters = {java_arguments: '-Xmx256m'}; // customize per your needs
var version = '1.5'; // JDK version
deployJava.runApplet(attributes, parameters, version);
</script>
</section> -->
In the code above, I hotlinked viewer.class for you

JavaFX within JApplet and Java7 - possible?

is it possible to enrich a Swing-based JApplet (running in a web browser) with JavaFX content that works for Java7 clients? I tried the following things, but without success:
a) Swing JApplet: If I try to add a JFXPanel to a JApplet I get java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javafx.embed.swing.JFXPanel at runtime.
b) Swing JApplet including javafx_version parameter (version 2.2+, see generated APPLET tag when using dtjava.embed() of the deployment toolkit): Adding a JFXPanel to a JApplet results in java.lang.ClassCastException: SwingInterop cannot be cast to javafx.application.Application at runtime.
c) JavaFX Applet (javafx.application.Application): It seems that swing content can only be shown in a new JFrame (as shown in the official Oracle example at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/overview/javafx-samples-2158687.html) but not in a JavaFX Applet (javafx.application.Application) itself. SwingNode introduced with Java8 would obviously be the way to go but I didn't found a reliable alternative for Java7.
Is there any way to get option a) running by adding the jfxrt.jar to the classpath (as option b) is obviously doing somehow)?
Oracle have a detailed tutorial on JavaFX in Swing Applications for Java 7.
I suggest you follow that tutorial.
Note that packaging jfxrt.jar with the application is not necessary, and is not recommended (for all the reasons you have in your comment).
Just copy and pasting samples from the Oracle tutorial in case their link goes dead.
Using JavaFX Ant Tasks to Package a Swing Application with Integrated JavaFX Content (key is toolkit="swing"):
<taskdef resource="com/sun/javafx/tools/ant/antlib.xml"
uri="javafx:com.sun.javafx.tools.ant"
classpath="${javafx.sdk.path}/lib/ant-javafx.jar"/>
<fx:jar destfile="dist-web/ColorfulCircles.jar">
<fx:application refid="myapp"/>
<fileset dir="build/classes/">
<include name="**"/>
</fileset>
</fx:jar>
<fx:deploy width="800" height="600" outdir="dist-web"
outfile="SwingInterop">
<fx:info title="Swing Interop"/>
<!-- Mark application as a Swing app -->
<fx:application id="myapp"
mainClass="swinginterop.SwingInterop"
toolkit="swing"/>
<fx:resources>
<fx:fileset dir="dist-web" includes="SwingInterop.jar"/>
</fx:resources>
</fx:deploy>
If you aren't using the JavaFX packaging tools, you can still use JavaFX, just edit your jnlp file, to set up the resources with the jfx namespace:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<jnlp spec="1.0"
xmlns:jfx="http://javafx.com"
href="SwingAppWithJavaFXContent.jnlp"
...>
....
<resources>
<j2se version="1.7.0_06+"
href="http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se"/>
<jfx:javafx-runtime version="2.1+"
href="http://javadl.sun.com/webapps/download/GetFile/
javafx-latest/windows-i586/javafx2.jnlp"/>
</resources>
...
</jnlp>
And in your html page, you embed the Java deployment toolkit and make it JavaFX aware:
<html>
<head>
<SCRIPT src="http://java.com/js/dtjava.js"></SCRIPT>
<script>
function launchApplication(jnlpfile) {
dtjava.launch(
{ url : jnlpfile },
{
javafx : '2.2+',
toolkit: 'swing'
},
{}
);
return false;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Test page</h2>
<a href='SampleApp.jnlp'
onclick="return launchApplication('SampleApp.jnlp');">Click</a>
to launch test app.
</body>
</html>
I want to show JavaFX content (a JFXPanel) within the area of a JApplet within a browser window.
That is exactly what this answer explains how to do (at least the packaging portion), the JFXPanel javadoc describes the rest.
For an executable example of embedding JavaFX in a Swing Applet, see the JavaFX "SwingInterop" sample code. You can download the SwingInterop sample code from the "JDK 8 Demos and Samples" link off of the Java download page. A Java 7 equivalent would also be available from the Java 7 download archives.

Error Event when trying to open applet on a browser

I have done a few Java programs but this is the first one that I'm trying to run as an applet so I might have some basic error.
I compiled all the classes and put them together in a jar file called final.
I followed a few tutorials to make a JNLP file that I called jnlp (yeah, I know, I'm very original:) and on which I called to my jar file and I called the JNLP file from an HTML file.
Those are the last lines of the java console output: (before them, the console is filled with my JNLP file)
at sun.plugin2.applet.JNLP2Manager.loadJarFiles(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager$AppletExecutionRunnable.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
preloader: Added pending event 2: ErrorEvent[url=null label=JNLP not an applet, nor a JavaFX application cause=JNLP not an applet, nor a JavaFX application
Here is the JNLP file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jnlp spec="1.0+" codebase="" href="jnlp.jnlp">
<information>
<title>Encryption Software</title>
<vendor>Atlantis Atlantis</vendor>
<icon href="encrypt_logo.jpg"/>
<offline-allowed/>
</information>
<resources>
<!-- Application Resources -->
<j2se version="1.6+" href=
"http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se"/>
<jar href="final.jar"
main="true" />
</resources>
<application-desc
name="Encryption Software"
main-class="EncryptApplication"
width="500"
height="300">
</application-desc>
<update check="background"/>
</jnlp>
Here is the JS used to launch the applet:
<script src="https://www.java.com/js/deployJava.js"></script>
<script>
var attributes = {code:'', width:500, height:500};
var parameters = {jnlp_href: 'jnlp.jnlp'};
deployJava.runApplet(attributes, parameters, '1.6');
</script>
Is the EncryptionApplication really an applet? To be an applet it must extend Applet or JApplet.
If it is not an applet, it cannot be embedded in HTML.
If it is an applet, the JNLP must declare it as such, so:
<application-desc
name="Encryption Software"
main-class="EncryptApplication"
width="500"
height="300">
</application-desc>
Should be:
<applet-desc
name="Encryption Software"
main-class="EncryptApplication"
width="500"
height="300">
</applet-desc>
Tips
Be sure to check the JNLP using JaNeLA.
Avoid applets like you might avoid the plague. They were always a complete PITA and with recent security updates, have only become more so. See Why CS teachers should stop teaching Java applets for my take on the matter.
It is possible to launch an application (e.g. a JFrame based app.) from a link using Java Web Start. They will be subject to the same (very strict) security requirements of applets, but have none of the applet specific problems (see link in previous point for details).
As mentioned by #ElliottFrisch, it is best to include a valid value for the code attribute. There are circumstances in which it can be left out, but I won't get into that right now..

JNLP as a Applet in HTML page

I'm trying to run my JNLP within an HTML page, but the java plugin does not run the JNLP, runs only the Applet.
Here is my code:
<applet width="800" height="500" codebase="http://127.0.0.1:8888/applets/"
code="br.com.app.server.utils.CompatibilityApplet"
archive="CompatibilityApplet.jar">
<param name="jnlp_ref" value="http://127.0.0.1:8888/applets/testehellojws.jnlp">
</applet>
Thanks.
[EDIT]
An example:
http://java.sun.com/javase/ja/6/ea/6u10/plugin2/jnlp/CompatibilityApplet.java
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<jnlp spec="6.0+" codebase="http://127.0.0.1:8888/applets/" href="testehellojws.jnlp">
<information>
<title>App Hello</title>
<vendor>My App Jnlp.</vendor>
<homepage href="http://127.0.0.1:8888/Home.html"/>
<description>My App Jnlp</description>
<description kind="short">Appr</description>
<icon href="images/icone.jpg"/>
</information>
<resources>
<j2se version="1.6+" href="http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se"/>
<jar href="hello.jar" main="true"/>
</resources>
<application-desc main-class="br.com.app.server.HelloJWS"></application-desc>
</jnlp>
Please edit your question and just let me know it is edited.
OK
Did you miss the part about the documentBase?
I didn't.
I would recommend removing the space in the applet name attribute.
Done
Can you run any other JNLP embedded applets? E.G. the small (sand-boxed) GIFanim applet at my site?
Yes
What info. do you get reported from here?
java.vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
java.version: 1.6.0_26
os.name: Windows 7
os.version: 6.1
<application-desc main-class="br.com.app.server.HelloJWS"></application-desc>
That is the descriptor for a Java application (as opposed to an applet). For an applet, use something more like..
<applet-desc main-class="br.com.app.server.HelloJWS"></applet-desc>
Note:
Even that is not a correct descriptor for an applet, which must explicitly state a documentBase, name, width & height. See the applet-desc section of the JNLP File Syntax for more details.
It must (of course) be an applet. It is not possible to 'embed' an application into a web page using this technique.
JNLP and the Java Plug-In (required for both applets and web start) was deprecated and removed from the API in Java 9.
Your jnlp_ref should probably be an absolute URI, e.g. http://127.0.0.1:8888/applets/testehellojws.jnlp
Also there is a stray space at the start of your code value (though this is probably not the cause of your problem.)
Checking on a related post, I decided to test the tag
<OBJECT>
.
I thought that this would not work with JNLP, so we had tested before.
After changing
<APPLET>
to
<OBJECT>
and referencing my jnlp file as a parameter, it worked!
The browser ignores the code and archive parameters and run my JNLP.
thanks.
Try to remove [archive="CompatibilityApplet.jar"]

Export Applet Java with referenced libraries

I have coded an applet requiring 1 library jar file (prowser-0.2.0). I have tested it on eclipse (3.6) and it works but when i put it on my html website, i have got the following error. I have impoted pbrowser library from project properties => Java Build Path => Libraries => Add external Jar.
This code works in runnable jar and as applet in Eclipse.
Error from Java Console :
"Exception in thread "thread applet-myapplet.class-4" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class com.zenkey.net.prowser.Prowser
at myapplet.init(myapplet.java:8)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager$AppletExecutionRunnable.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)"
Applet code :
import java.applet.Applet;
import com.zenkey.net.prowser.*;
public class myapplet extends Applet {
public void init() {
Prowser prowser = new Prowser();
Tab tab = prowser.createTab();
System.out.println(tab.go("http://www.google.com").getPageSource());
}
}
Html code :
<html>
<head>
<title> hello world </title>
</head>
<body>
This is the applet:<P>
<applet code="myapplet.class" archive="hello.jar,prowser-0.2.0.jar" width="150" height="50">
</applet>
</body>
</html>
Really Thanks for help !
Are hello.jar and prowser-0.2.0.jar in the same directory as the HTML file in your web server that serves the HTML? The applet seems to find hello.jar as your error message indicates. The prowser-0.2.0.jar needs to be added to the same directory as a separate file, not being packed inside hello.jar itself (as Eclipse allows you to do if you select "export as runnable jar").
Then I'd also check the manifest file of hello.jar to see whether it contains unusual Class-Path entries for the prowser Jar. It should not contain any relative or absolute path information, just the file name itself.

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