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The following sample code shows how to read a file on a Web Server from an applet.
The class below shows how to read a text file named Readme.txt from the server.
Note Place all of the files in the same folder on the Web server.
The following steps give an example of how an applet can read a file on a Web Server:
// // ReadFile.java // import java.io.*; import java.net.*; import java.applet.*; import java.awt.*; public class ReadFile extends Applet { public void start () { TextArea textArea=new TextArea(); setLayout(new BorderLayout()); add("Center",textArea); String text=null; try { URL url = new URL(getDocumentBase(),"readme.txt"); DataInputStream stream = new DataInputStream(url.openStream()); do { text = stream.readLine(); if (text!=null) textArea.appendText(text+"\r\n"); } while (text!=null); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }
<html> <head> <title>readfile</title> </head> <body> <hr> <applet code=ReadFile name=readfile width=320 height=240 > </applet> <hr> <a href="readfile.java">the source.</a> </body> </html>
You should be able to see your text from Readme.txt on the applet.