Deployment: Table of Contents

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Packaging Programs in JAR Files

Using JAR Files: The Basics

Creating a JAR File
Viewing the Contents of a JAR File
Extracting the Contents of a JAR File
Updating a JAR File
Running JAR-Packaged Software

Working with Manifest Files: The Basics

Understanding the Default Manifest
Modifying a Manifest File
Setting an Application's Entry Point
Adding Classes to the JAR File's Classpath
Setting Package Version Information
Sealing Packages within a JAR File

Signing and Verifying JAR Files

Understanding Signing and Verification
Signing JAR Files
Verifying Signed JAR Files

Using JAR-related APIs

The JarClassLoader Class
The JarRunner Class

Java Web Start

Running Java Web Start Applications
Deploying Java Web Start Applications
Developing Java Web Start Applications
The JNLP API
Java Web Start and Security
Common Java Web Start Problems
Questions and Exercises: Java Web Start

Applets

Getting Started with Applets

Importing Classes and Packages for Applets
Defining an Applet Subclass
The Life Cycle of an Applet
Methods for Milestones
Methods for Drawing and Event Handling
Methods for Adding UI Components
What Applets Can and Can't Do

Taking Advantage of the Applet API

Finding and Loading Data Files
Displaying Short Status Strings
Displaying Documents in the Browser
Sending Messages to Other Applets
Playing Sounds
Defining and Using Applet Parameters

Deciding Which Parameters to Support
Writing the Code to Support Parameters
Giving Information about Parameters

Using the APPLET Tag

Practical Considerations When Writing Applets

Security Restrictions
Creating a User Interface

Creating a GUI
Displaying Diagnostics to the Standard Output and Error Streams

Getting System Properties
Threads in Applets

Threads in Applets: Examples

Working with a Server-Side Application

A Simple Network Client Applet
Using a Server to Work Around Security Restrictions

Finishing an Applet

Before You Ship that Applet
The Perfectly Finished Applet

Deploying Applets

General Deployment Considerations
Using the applet Tag
Using the object Tag
Using the embed Tag
Deploying Applets in a Mixed-Browser Environment

Solving Common Applet Problems
Questions and Exercises: Java Applets

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