GetAppletContext().showDocument() doesn't work with javascript turned off

Question

Is it true to say that
getAppletContext().showDocument(new URL(getDocumentBase(),newUrl)); doesn't work when Javascript is turned off ?
I have a JSP page where the following applet is embedded
import java.net.URL;
import java.applet.*;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
public class jreCheck extends Applet {
public void init() {
               try {
               String data = "javaVersion=" + URLEncoder.encode(System.getProperty("java.version"),"UTF-8");
               String newurl = "http://localhost:8080/test/jstest.jsp?"+ data;
               System.out.println("new url is : " + newurl);
               getAppletContext().showDocument(new URL(getDocumentBase(),newurl));
               } catch(Exception ex) {
                         System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
Here is the JSP:
<%@ page contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8" %>
<%@ page import="java.io.*, java.util.*, java.net.*, javax.servlet.*, java.util.regex.*, java.io.BufferedReader, java.net.URL, java.net.HttpURLConnection" %>
<%
String jumpToPath = "http://localhost:8080/test/jstest.jsp?";
String detect = request.getParameter("detect") == null ? "" : request.getParameter("detect");
String javaVers = request.getParameter("javaVersion") == null ? "" : request.getParameter("javaVersion");
%>
<p>The java Version: <%=javaVers %> </p>
<%     if("".equals(detect ) && "".equals(javaVers) ) { %>
Verify Java version
<% } %>
<%     if("jre".equals(detect)) { %>
<!-- Detecting the JRE Version -->
<p>Running the applet </p>
<object classid="clsid:8AD9C840-044E-11D1-B3E9-00805F499D93" width="250" height="75">
<param name="type" value="application/x-java-applet" />
<param name="code" value="jreCheck.class" />     
<param name="jumpto" value="<%=jumpToPath%>" />
<comment>
<embed type="application/x-java-applet" code="jreCheck.class" width="1" height="2" jumpto="<%=jumpToPath%>" />
<noembed>No Java detected</noembed>
</comment>
</object>
<% } %>
When javascript is on, I see The jre Version: 1.6.0_31
When javascript is turned off, I see The jre Version:
But I still see my url in the Java console as new url is : http://localhost:8080/test/jstest.jsp?javaVersion=1.6.0_31
This says that my browser isn't being refreshed with the following statement in the applet - getAppletContext().showDocument(new URL(getDocumentBase(),newUrl));
Any thoughts please ?
Thanks!

Answer 1

Pass, but "the applet viewer or browser is free to ignore showDocument()". And why all that mucking around with the URL? The URL string you first created is all you need..