Mathias Muller wrote:
>
> Well Java plugin and or Java webstart are the common way to do this.
> But if you can't stand such requierement, here come a workaround:
> This solution is compliant with the java plugin one.
> Step one
> Unzip the swing jar or rt.jar and put all the swing class on your http
> server document root near your applet class.
> Browser will just download needed class instead all swing package.
>
> Step two
> To optimize a bit you can look in your http web server'slog and gather all
> requested swing class in your jar or a new one according that your browser
> support multi Jar.
>
This is somewhat high risk, you have to be sure that there are no
lurking
'classForName' or reflection or serialization calls in your code.
If you have any of these, then a given run of the applet won't
necessarily
load all the classes you might need on a subsequent invocation.
> With this solution user will download a lot of swing class but less than the
> 5Mb
> swing jar file
>
> Hope it help.
>
> Mathias
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frauke Nonnenmacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 10:21 AM
> Subject: Re: How to include some libraries
>
> > > Hi all! I'm working on a servlet-Applet Chat and i want the Applet to
> > > run the gui under swing.. , the problem? Netscape and Explorer does
> > > not come with swing support. The question-> how can i put the swing
> > > classes in my project without making an 5MB applet???
> >
> > Good question. I've actually given up on using Swing in applets for
> exactly
> > that reason, but if there's a solution I'd be eager to hear it...
> >
> > Frauke
> >
> > Frauke Nonnemacher
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