This project is an example which shows how to embed a Java applet in modern browsers. It uses the embed tag which is now part of HTML 5 but still uses the object tag for IE because of the automatic install of the Java Runtime.
Features demonstrated in this project:
- How to embed a Java Applet for all major browsers.
- How to pass arguments to the applet (param tag for object and attributes for embed)
- How to call JavaScript functions from the Java Applet.
- How to call Java methods from JavaScript.
Description how to use the object and embed tags:
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/plugin/developer_guide/using_tags.html
List of download URLs which can be used for the for the codebase and pluginspage attributes:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/autodownload-140472.html
Description how the version selection mechanism works:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/index-141751.html