I have a Java JApplet that functions perfectly when eclipse runs it but dissapoints in a browser. The applet is working fine in the browser up to the point at which the only JButton is pressed. At which point, something should happen, but, in the browser, nothing happens at all apart from the button shows it has been pressed. This doesn't happen when eclipse runs it.
Here is the code:
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.HeadlessException;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard;
import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
import java.awt.datatransfer.StringSelection;
import java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.swing.JApplet;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import org.bukkit.configuration.ConfigurationSection;
import org.bukkit.configuration.InvalidConfigurationException;
import org.bukkit.configuration.file.YamlConfiguration;
public class OverviewGenerator extends JApplet {
int state = 0;
JTextArea label = new JTextArea();
JButton button = new JButton();
String pluginYML;
YamlConfiguration yml = new YamlConfiguration();
String page;
public ActionListener buttonListener = new ActionListener() {
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if(state == 0) {
try {
pluginYML = (String) Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard().getData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
} catch (HeadlessException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
} catch (UnsupportedFlavorException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
try {
yml.loadFromString(pluginYML);
} catch (InvalidConfigurationException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
state = 1;
}else {
generatePage();
Toolkit toolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
Clipboard clipboard = toolkit.getSystemClipboard();
StringSelection strSel = new StringSelection(page);
clipboard.setContents(strSel, null);
state = 0;
}
refreshComponents();
}
};
/**
*
*/
private static final long serialVersionUID = 3470279389867972761L;
public void init() {
makeGui();
}
private void makeGui() {
label.setWrapStyleWord(true);
label.setLineWrap(true);
label.setBackground(Color.CYAN);
label.setEditable(false);
GridLayout layout = new GridLayout();
layout.setRows(2);
layout.setColumns(1);
getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
refreshComponents();
getContentPane().add(label);
getContentPane().add(button);
button.addActionListener(buttonListener);
}
private void refreshComponents() {
if(state==0) {
label.setText("Copy your plugin.yml into the clipboard then press done!");
button.setText("Done");
}else if(state == 1) {
label.setText("Now press the button to copy your template BukkitDev overview into your clipboard!");
button.setText("Copy");
}
}
private void generatePage() {
page = "";
page += "== "+yml.getString("name")+" ==\n";
if(yml.contains("description")) {
page += "\n//"+yml.getString("description")+"//\n\n\n";
}
if(yml.contains("commands")) {
page += "== Commands ==\n";
for(String command : yml.getConfigurationSection("commands").getKeys(false)) {
page += "\n=== "+command+" ===\n\n";
if(yml.contains("commands."+command+".description")) {
page += "//"+yml.getString("commands."+command+".description")+"//\n";
}
if(yml.contains("commands."+command+".usage")) {
page += "Usage: "+yml.getString("commands."+command+".usage")+"\n";
}
}
page += "\n";
}
if(yml.contains("permissions")) {
YamlConfiguration editedYml = new YamlConfiguration();
try {
editedYml.loadFromString(pluginYML.replace(".", "≠"));
} catch (InvalidConfigurationException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
ConfigurationSection permissions = editedYml.getConfigurationSection("permissions");
page += "== Permissions ==\n";
for(String permission : permissions.getKeys(false)) {
page += "\n=== "+permission.replace('≠', '.')+" ===\n\n";
if(editedYml.contains("permissions."+permission+".description")) {
page += "//"+editedYml.getString("permissions."+permission+".description").replace('≠', '.')+"//\n";
}
}
page += "\n\n\n";
}
page += "//Got any suggestions?//";
}
}
The code above is slightly outdated, I have added in the 'invoke later' code now! I am having trouble showing the Java console but I believe the error may be when the clipboard is accessed.
For security reasons, there are two ways that an applet can access the clip-board.
There is potentially a 3rd way to get data to the applet that involves
That could be done in a sand-boxed applet, and before the JRE that supports the JNLP API services. OTOH that would mean more clicks for the user, and more setting up.
//Got any suggestions?//
Beyond 'ask a more specific question' I might also suggest: