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Why Java to JavaScript communication fails

Aug 20th, 2000 12:39
Klaus D. Witzel, Barak Naveh, http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/1.2/docs/jsobject.html

I hope you mean by this: Java applet to JavaScript communication, both 
usually in the same Web page or FrameSet.

No, there is no reason this communication should _not_ work (except for 
bugs introduced by the java vendors ;-)

In your java applet code, import netscape.javascript.*;

Then, in some of the java applet methods you override, you can access 
JavaScript by

  JSObject jsWindow=JSObject.getWindow(this);

Suppose in your Web page you have a JavaScript

  function test(argv){return argv+'more';}

then from inside you java applet you do

 String result=(String)jsWindow.call("test",new String[]{"gimme "});

/Klaus