[SOLVED] How do I run a .java file in my .html site?

judoka · 07-26-2009, 05:26 PM

I'm new to html and java, my site is http://www.members.cox.net/a.svorovski. I've been trying all day to find a way to run a .java file on my .html site. I've made and tested .java file with javac filename.java, then I typed java filename and got the output. Then I uploaded filename.java and filename.class to my site and did a link with <A href="http://www.members.cox.net/a.svorovski/Jabberwock.java">Jabberwock</a>
but when I click the Jabberwock link it spits out the source code for the java file instead of the output. How can I make it so its the output that is shown?

arashi256 · 07-26-2009, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by judoka

I'm new to html and java. I've been trying all day to find a way to run a .java file on my .html site. I've made and tested .java file with javac filename.java, then I typed java filename and go the output. Then I uploaded filename.java and filename.class to my site and did a link with <A href="http://www.members.cox.net/a.svorovski/Jabberwock.java">Jabberwock</a>
but when I click the Jabberwock link it spits out the source code for the java file instead of the output. How can I make it so its the output that is shown?

Yeah, the .java file is the source code - you don't need that. The .class file is the one you can embed in your webpage (as this is the 'compiled' Java program) and this you can only do if you have created a Java Applet as opposed to a Java standalone application.

Code:

<embed code=”[NAME OF YOUR PROGRAM].class”
type=”application/x-java-applet;version=1.6″>
</embed>

Also, I cannot stress enough that your Java program MUST BE AN APPLET to embed in the way that you want. If you don't know how to create Java applets (kinda like Java standalone programs for the web, see an Applet tutorial something like this:-

http://www.tutorialized.com/view/tut...Tutorial/42692

Hope this helps.

rjlee · 07-27-2009, 03:17 AM

As arashi256 says, only an applet can be embedded into a webpage, not a stand-alone application. Embedding means to have the application running right there in the page, taking up space on the page.

If you want to deploy a stand-alone application so that you have a link on the page that starts a stand-alone Java application, then you can do that too — and you don't need to convert your application to an applet to do it. What you will need to do, though, is to package your .class file(s) into a .jar file, sign the .jar file, and create a .jnlp file, and upload the signed .jar and the .jnlp file to your website. The web browser can then use Java Web Start to run the page. The link should point to the .jnlp file. For more details, see http://java.sun.com/javase/technolog.../javawebstart/

PS last time I checked, JavaWS didn't run on the 64-bit Sun Java browser plugin, so this may not be a 100% solution. But I thought it was worth making sure you were aware of all the options.

Hope that helps,

—Robert J Lee.