From Java Tutorial - Spring 1997 Part II: Java Language and Object-Oriented Concepts Peking Tutorial, Web Certificate -- Spring-Summer 1997. byNancy J. McCracken,Geoffrey C. Fox
Each applet's flow of control goes through a sequence of standard methods:
public void init() { . . . }
executed once when applet is downloaded to the browser.
public void start(){ . . . }
executed each time the browser window is entered.
public void paint(){ . . . }
executed whenever you want to draw in the window or when browser needs to refresh window.
public void stop(){ . . . }
executed each time the browser window in exited.
public void destroy(){ . . . }
executed just before the applet exits.
There are also standard methods repaint (), which calls update(), which blanks out the old drawing and calls paint.
