Re: Java applet: Unnecessary requests for files in the .jar
andreas.baus@meta-level.de wrote:
Hi.
I don't have much experience with java applets, so forgive me if this
is a stupid question... but I have one such applet which is embedded
in a web page, and it does work fine. However, for some reason, after
the applet's jar file has been (successfully) downloaded and the code
has begun to execute, the client web browser (or the JVM) keeps
launching requests for files (.class & .properties files in
particular) which are already contained in the .jar file; each request
of course being answered by a 404 error by the web server since the
files are not available there. After all, they're inside the applet's
jar file, and the VM does seem to find them there eventually
(otherwise the applet wouldn't run), so all that traffic is
unnecessary.
But how can I tell java do stop being so stupid to do rather expensive
web requests for files it already has? I.e. check the jar *first*, and
only hit the web if it's looking for a resource not found there?
Any sugestions are welcome. Thanks in advance...
That implies that the files which the classloader requires are not in the jar
(or at least not in the correct location within the jar). Check the contents of
your jar and ensure that the directory structure matches the package structure.
If a class file which the classloader requires can be loaded from a jar which
has already been downloaded from the server a request to download the class
file should not be generated.
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