[Chapter 18] AppletStub
Author: John Zukowski
Date: Thu Jul 31 14:59:35 1997

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| Chapter 18 java.applet Reference |

# AppletStub

## Name

AppletStub

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## Description

`AppletStub` is an interface that provides the means to get information from the run-time browser environment.

## Interface Definition

    public abstract interface java.applet.AppletStub {
      // Interface Methods
      public abstract void appletResize (int width, int height);
      public abstract AppletContext getAppletContext();
      public abstract URL getCodeBase();
      public abstract URL getDocumentBase();
      public abstract String getParameter (String name);
      public abstract boolean isActive();
    }

## Interface Methods

### appletResize

#### public abstract void appletResize (int width, int height)

Parameters

  width

    Requested new width for applet.

  height

    Requested new height for applet.

Description

  Changes the size of the applet.

### getAppletContext

#### public abstract AppletContext getAppletContext()

Returns

  Current `AppletContext` of the applet.

### getCodeBase

#### public abstract URL getCodeBase()

Returns

  Complete `URL` for the applet's .class file.

### getDocumentBase

#### public abstract URL getDocumentBase()

Returns

  Complete `URL` for the applet's .html file.

### getParameter

#### public abstract String getParameter (String name)

Parameters

  name

    Name of a `<PARAM>` tag.

Returns

  Value associated with the parameter.

Description

  Gets a parameter value from the `<PARAM>` tag(s) of the applet.

### isActive

#### public abstract boolean isActive()

Returns

  `true` if the applet is active, `false` otherwise

Description

  Returns current state of the applet.

## See Also

`AppletContext`, `Object`, `String`, `URL`

AppletContext |  | AudioClip