An Applet skeleton

An Applet Skeleton

Most applets override these four methods. These four methods forms Applet lifecycle.

• init() : init() is the first method to be called. This is where variable are initialized. This method is called only once during the runtime of applet.
• start() : start() method is called after init(). This method is called to restart an applet after it has been stopped.
• stop() : stop() method is called to suspend thread that does not need to run when applet is not visible.
• destroy() : destroy() method is called when your applet needs to be removed completely from memory.

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Example of an Applet Skeleton

import java.awt.*; 
import java.applet.*; 
public class AppletTest extends Applet
{
 public void init()
 {
  //initialization 
 }
 public void start ()
 {
  //start or resume execution 
 }
 public void stop()
 {
  //suspend execution 
 {
 public void destroy()
 {
  //perform shutdown activity
 }
 public void paint (Graphics g)
 {
  //display the content of window
 }
}