request from Applet

[Xinyi Zhang]

Can a Applet send HTTP request? I mean it communicate with Servlet or JavaBean.
Thanks.

[Devesh H Rao]

hi Xinyi
you can communicate with a servlet from a servlet in the following way
URL servletURL = new URL("/URL of servlet");
URLConnection oServletConnection = servletURL.openConnection();
ObjectInputStream inputFromServlet = new ObjectInputStream(servletConnection.getInputStream());
and then use the java api for ObjectInputStream to communicate with the servlet....
Devesh.

[Asher Tarnopolski]

hey, if GET request is good enough for you, you don't need http tunneling.
you can use getAppletContext().showDocument(new URL("path_to_servlet");
from your applet.
enjoy.

[Xinyi Zhang]

Thanks, Devesh and Asher. Now, Let me try.