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* This interface is designed to work in collusion with java.beans.Beans.instantiate. * The interafce is intended to provide mechanism to allow the proper * initialization of JavaBeans that are also Applets, during their * instantiation by java.beans.Beans.instantiate(). *

* * @see java.beans.Beans#instantiate * * @since 1.2 * */ public interface AppletInitializer { /** *

* If passed to the appropriate variant of java.beans.Beans.instantiate * this method will be called in order to associate the newly instantiated * Applet (JavaBean) with its AppletContext, AppletStub, and Container. *

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* Conformant implementations shall: *

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  1. Associate the newly instantiated Applet with the appropriate * AppletContext. * *
  2. Instantiate an AppletStub() and associate that AppletStub with * the Applet via an invocation of setStub(). * *
  3. If BeanContext parameter is null, then it shall associate the * Applet with its appropriate Container by adding that Applet to its * Container via an invocation of add(). If the BeanContext parameter is * non-null, then it is the responsibility of the BeanContext to associate * the Applet with its Container during the subsequent invocation of its * addChildren() method. *
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* * @param newAppletBean The newly instantiated JavaBean * @param bCtxt The BeanContext intended for this Applet, or * null. */ void initialize(Applet newAppletBean, BeanContext bCtxt); /** *

* Activate, and/or mark Applet active. Implementors of this interface * shall mark this Applet as active, and optionally invoke its start() * method. *

* * @param newApplet The newly instantiated JavaBean */ void activate(Applet newApplet); }