Subclassing Applet class

Subclassing Applet class

• java.applet.Applet class
  • import java.applet.Applet; public class myApplet extends Applet { ...
  • // or public class myApplet extends java.applet.Applet { ...
• Overriding Methods
  • init( )
    • Initialize the applet, i.e. initilize the instance variables.
  • start( )
    • Start the execution.
    • If threads are used, construct and start the threads here.
  • stop( )
    • Do not take up system resources when the page is not being viewed.
    • Usually stop the thread that started in start( ) and de-reference the thread object for the garbage collector to collect it.

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