Re: JavaScript callback from Applet.

From:
Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.spamfilter@virtualinfinity.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:20:22 -0700
Message-ID:
<48dbabbd$0$1316$7836cce5@newsrazor.net>
Daniel Pitts wrote:

Is there a way to pass actual JSObject from JavaScript into an Applet?

I'm attempting something like:
documents.applets[0].myMethod({
   foo: 'bar',
   baz: function(arg) {
      alert(arg);
      }
);
I thought it would work. applets[0] has mayscript enabled, etc...

public class MyApplet extends JApplet {
  public void myMethod(JSObject obj) {
     System.out.println(obj.getMember("foo")}; // prints null.
     obj.call("baz", new Object[] {"Joe Bob"}); //does nada.
  }
}

Is what I'm trying to do possible? I'd rather not pass in Strings if
possible, I'd like to pass in actual JSObjects.

Thanks,
Daniel.


I figured out a work around, not pretty, but it does the trick.
Basically, the JSObject passed to the applet has the right native ID,
but not the correct context. I can fix this by putting it into a
JSObject that does have the correct context, and pulling it back out:

public class MyApplet extends JApplet {
     private JSObject appletTmp;

     public JSObject resolveObject(Object o) {
         final int hashCode = System.identityHashCode(o);
         appletTmp.setMember("toResolve" + hashCode, o);
         return (JSObject) appletTmp.getMember("toResolve" + hashCode);
     }

     public void init() {
         if (appletTmp == null) {
             final JSObject window = JSObject.getWindow(this);
             final String tmpName = "_AppletTmp" +
                   System.identityHashCode(this);
             window.eval("var "+ tmpName +" = {}");
             appletTmp = (JSObject)window.getMember(tmpName);
         }
     }

     public Object doCallback(Object o) {
       JSObject callback = resolveObject(o);
       System.out.println(callback + "\n" + callback.getMember("foo"));
       callback.call("helped", new Object[] {callback.getMember("foo")});
       return callback;
     }
}

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