Mich Robinson wrote:I take it it doesn't matter if it's in the same directory?
What do you mean, "the same directory"? The applet comes from the server; are you saying this hashmap file should also come from the server? Sure, that's possible. Just set it up in the same directory as the applet and make sure the server is configured to serve it upon request.
You would have to access it via a URL, of course, not as a File, since File would be referring to files on the client and not on the server. The URL would be very much like the URL for the applet, in fact the Applet has classes like getCodeBase() and getDocumentBase() to help you out with that.