Basic HTML version of Foils prepared 2 October 98

Foil 18 Wv plugin & applet run time

From Netscape's LiveConnect Technology CPS640 Internet and Multimedia Technologies -- April 98. by Marek Podgorny,Nancy McCracken
browser finds <embed> tag in HTML page
  • - libWvDecoder.so (plugin) is started
libWvDecoder.so calls use_WvDecoder(NPN_GetJavaEnv())
  • - WvDecoder.class is instantiated in decoder object
browser finds <applet> tag
  • - WvViewer.class is imported, and instantiated in viewer object
viewer calls Java Script: JSObject.getWindow(this).
  • .getMember("document").getMember("WvDecoder")
  • - decoder is returned to viewer
Communication is established:
  • - viewer can calls native methods from libWvDecoder.so via decoder,
  • - and vice versa - plug-in can calls any applet method.

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