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i havent been able do any programing for over a week
i came back and see the new forum
my question is how would i convert this to a applet
class Art {
Art() {
System.out.println("Art ");
class Drawing extends Art {
Drawing() {
System.out.println("Drawin");
public class Cartoon extends Drawing {
Cartoon () {
System.out.println("Cartoon");
public static void main(String[] args) {
Cartoon x = new Cartoon();

Answer 1

Hello xlightwavex,
To convert your application into an applet you need to create a class that extends the java.applet.Applet class. Below is the complete applet version of your application Cartoon.
class Art {
Art() {
System.out.println("Art ");
class Drawing extends Art {
Drawing() {
System.out.println("Drawin");
class Cartoon extends Drawing {
Cartoon() {
System.out.println("Cartoon");
public class CartoonApplet extends Applet {
public void init() {
Cartoon x = new Cartoon();
However, like your application, this applet sends all output to the system console (the DOS window in Microsoft's Windows for example). If you want the output on the applets panel itself you will need to update each class and replace the System.out.println methods. The applet below shows how you might do this, this is just one out of the many ways you might do it:
import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.*;
class Art {
public String toString() {
return( "Art.");
class Drawing extends Art {
public String toString(){
return( "Drawin, " + super.toString());
class Cartoon extends Drawing {
public String toString() {
return( "Cartoon, " + super.toString());
public class CartoonApplet extends Applet {
Cartoon x;
public void init() {
x = new Cartoon();
public void paint(Graphics g) {
g.drawString( x.toString(), 25, 25);
The output of this program verifies that a Cartoon object, Drawing object and Art object have been constructed. The output is show below, which appears on the Applets Panel:
Cartoon, Drawin, Art.
Is this output just helping in debugging, or is it vital to the applet? If it is for debugging purposes, the System.out.println method is a good way of doing it. If not, do you need the output to appear antwhere in the applet? If so, it is hard to create output from the object of which other object can inherit - it is not the usual way of doing it. Otherwise, the above CartoonApplet is a good way of getting information about an inheritance model.
I hope this helps.
Best reguards
-Marek.