Basic HTML version of Foils prepared May 12 1996

Foil 88 <param> Tags and Applets

From CRPC Lectures on Java Language Applets Graphics CRPC Annual Meeting Tutorial -- May 14,1996. by Geoffrey C. Fox
<applet .... > can be followed by
<param name=attributename1 value="attributevalue1" > .......
<param name=attributenameN value="attributevalueN" >
</applet>
The Java program accesses this information by
String attribute;
attribute = getParamter("attributename1");
if( attribute == null )
  • attribute = yourdefaultvalue; // null is Java way of saying unset
Typically this processing would be in init() method of Applet

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