I have an applet which I no longer want to run in the browser - but in stead want to run as a downloadable, auto-updating, oflineable Java application via JNLP.
I do not want to maintain the ability to run it as an applet.
I have no problem with either wrapping the existing applet in a JFrame and a main-menthod, or simply rewriting it and replacing the init() and others all together.
But my question is: Are there any advantages or disadvantages to to using application-desc vs applet-desc?
The first advantage of converting to JFrame based, is that you have immediate control of the top level container for things like:
pack() (hooRAY!)Go with applicaton-desc for a free floating deployment. But don't put the applet in a frame, instead put the applet content into a panel, and put the panel into the frame (or applet, or window, or..).