java - Inter applet communication

Question

In my understanding each applets are independent entities . Is it possible to have inter applet communication ? . If so , how it could be achieved ?

Thanks J

Answer 1

Yes. It is possible to achieve inter-applet communication if they are on the same page and originating from the same domain. You will have to name the applets in the page first using the attribute "name=value" like:

<applet code="FirstApplet.class" name="firstApplet" width=nn height=nn></applet>
<applet code="SecondApplet.class" name="secondApplet" width=nn height=nn></applet>

with above in place, in FirstApplet.java, use the following to access SecondApplet:

SecondApplet secondApplet =
         (SecondApplet)getAppletContext().getApplet("secondApplet");
//invoke a method on secondApplet here

Similarly, you can access the FirstApplet in SecondApplet.java