Monitor Swing events in JSP

Question

How can I monitor a Swing object's events in a jsp page. Namely, my jsp has an <object> tag which defines a cache_archive param for a jar file. This jar file has a class that creates Swing jbuttons, jpanel and jprogressbar. How can my jsp keep track of these jbuttons and their events?
Thank you,
Igor
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Answer 1

1) When the JSP runs, it simply generates HTML, at which point the JSP page's job is done.
2) The HTML gets read by the browser and displayed.
3) The browser sees the object/embed tag and loads the jar file and then runs the applet.
At this point, the applet can certainly connect back to the server. Depending on what you need to do, it may differ. Generally, you will fall into 1 of 2 categories:
1) You just need to move to a new page: In this case, you just call applet.getAppletContext().showDocument() with a URL. That can target a frame or a window, or just replace the contents of the current page (closing the applet). The URL you use can have parameters attached in the standard HTTP GET URL format.
2) You need the applet to load some data: In this case, you use URLConnection to send a request to the server. This can be GET or POST. There's plenty of examples around the forums for either. This will not close the applet, the browser won't see the response, you have to handle everything within the applet itself.
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