How to passing object to the applet?

Question

Dear All,
My project is needed to read the xml file (include the form content) and then parse the xml file to create the related object, so using the applet to display this dynamic form.
Due to cannot directly open the file object and the applet, the following is my idea:
1. ) In the servlet, first to new the fileinputstream object , then pass the object into the applet. But this idea is not allowed.
Only String value can use the param to to pass the parameter value to the applet using <param name = \"cis_auditID\" value = \""+inputsource+"\">.
2. ) Firstly , read the file and then create specific object before call applet class. I know some people said that using the URLConnection, but i don't know for this. Can only one give more detail description about that.
So how can i pass the fileinputstream or the own created object into the applet?
Urgent! Please help!

Answer 1

Where is the xml file located??
If it's on the same server that serves the applet or if it's dynamically generated
by making a http request to a servlet you should use URL and URLConnection.
URL u = new URL(this.getCodeBase(),"../relativeDir/xmlFile.xml");
URLConnection uc = u.openConnection();
InputStream = uc.getInputStream();
// read the rest of the struff.
You might want to take a look at this example if you want to send (POST data) to
the server when you make a http request to a servlet:
http://forums.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=645830&tstart=0
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