Save Applet as a jpeg/gif image

Question

I wrote a small applet to draw some lines.
it work fine.
What i want to know is how can i save this applet to a jpeg/gif file.
(Assume there is a Button in the Applet or Even in the HTML page; when click the button needs to save the applet as an image file)
is it possible??
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class Test extends Applet {
   int width, height;
   public void init() {
      width = getSize().width;
      height = getSize().height;
      setBackground( Color.black );
   public void paint( Graphics g ) {
      g.setColor( Color.green );
      for ( int i = 0; i < 10; ++i ) {
         g.drawLine( width, height, i * width / 10, 0 );
<applet code="Test" width="300" height="300">
</applet>
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jugp

Answer 1

After finding out some facts i tried to do like this;
but still having some runtime exceptions....
need help from anybody!!!
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
public class Test extends Applet implements ActionListener{
   int width, height;
Image backbuffer;
   Button save;
   public void init() {
      save = new Button("save");
      add(save);
      save.addActionListener(this);
           width = getSize().width;
      height = getSize().height;
      setBackground( Color.black );
   public void paint( Graphics g ) {
      g.setColor( Color.green );
      for ( int i = 0; i < 10; ++i ) {
         g.drawLine( width, height, i * width / 10, 0 );
   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
     String cmd = e.getActionCommand();  
     if (cmd.equals("save")){
             BufferedImage bufferedImage = new BufferedImage ( width, height,
                   BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_BGR  );
                    bufferedImage.createGraphics().drawImage( backbuffer, 0, 0, this);
               try {
                    ImageIO.write( bufferedImage, "jpg", new File ( "image.jpg" ) );
               } catch (IOException e1) {
                    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                    e1.printStackTrace();
<applet code="Test" width="300" height="300">
</applet>
*/