Applet

Java applets are programs that are embedded in other applications, typically in a Web page displayed in a Web browser.

// Hello.java
import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.Graphics;

public class Hello extends Applet {
public void paint(Graphics gc) {
gc.drawString("Hello, world!", 65, 95);
}
}

This applet will simply draw the string "Hello, world!" in the rectangle within which the applet will run. This is a slightly better example of using Java's OO features in that the class explicitly extends the basic "Applet" class, that it overrides the "paint" method and that it uses import statements.












An applet is placed in an HTML document using the HTML element. The applet tag has three attributes set: code="Hello" specifies the name of the Applet class and width="200" height="200" sets the pixel width and height of the applet. (Applets may also be embedded in HTML using either the object or embed element, although support for these elements by Web browsers is inconsistent.