Applets

Java’s awt provides classes and behavior for creating graphical user interface (GUI) – based applets and applications; drawing to the screen; creating windows, menu bars, buttons, check boxes, and other GUI elements. The awt classes are part of the java.awt package.

To create applet you create a subclass of the class Applet class, part of the java.applet package, provide much of the behavior the initial applet class always has a signature like this

public class myclass extends java.applet

                                                           .Applet

{

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}      

Five most important methods in an applet’s execution:-

1.Initialization, 
2.Starting, 
3.Stopping, 
4.Destroying
5.Painting

INITILIZATION

The initialization of an applet might include reading and parsing any parameters to the applet, creating any helper objects it needs, setting up an initial state or loading images or fonts.

public void init ()

{

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}

STARTING

After an applet initialized, it is started.

public void start ()

{

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}

STOPPING

public void stop ()

{

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}

DESTROYING

Destroying enables the applet to clean up after itself just before it is freed or the browser exits.

public void destroy()

{

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}

PAINTING

Painting is how an applet actually draws something on the screen, be it text, a line, a colored background, or an image.

 public void pain (Graphics g)

{

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}

needed [import java.awt.Graphics];