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package java.applet;

import java.net.URL;

/**

 * When an applet is first created, an applet stub is attached to it

 * using the applet's {@code setStub} method. This stub

 * serves as the interface between the applet and the browser

 * environment or applet viewer environment in which the application

 * is running.

 *

 * @author      Arthur van Hoff

 * @see         java.applet.Applet#setStub(java.applet.AppletStub)

 * @since       1.0

 *

 * @deprecated  The Applet API is deprecated. See the

 * <a href="package-summary.html"> java.applet package documentation</a>

 * for further information.

 */

@Deprecated(since = "9")

public interface AppletStub {

    /**

     * Determines if the applet is active. An applet is active just

     * before its {@code start} method is called. It becomes

     * inactive just before its {@code stop} method is called.

     *

     * @return  {@code true} if the applet is active;

     *          {@code false} otherwise.

     */

    boolean isActive();

    /**

     * Gets the URL of the document in which the applet is embedded.

     * For example, suppose an applet is contained

     * within the document:

     * <blockquote><pre>

     *    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/index.html

     * </pre></blockquote>

     * The document base is:

     * <blockquote><pre>

     *    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/index.html

     * </pre></blockquote>

     *

     * @return  the {@link java.net.URL} of the document that contains the

     *          applet.

     * @see     java.applet.AppletStub#getCodeBase()

     */

    URL getDocumentBase();

    /**

     * Gets the base URL. This is the URL of the directory which contains the applet.

     *

     * @return  the base {@link java.net.URL} of

     *          the directory which contains the applet.

     * @see     java.applet.AppletStub#getDocumentBase()

     */

    URL getCodeBase();

    /**

     * Returns the value of the named parameter in the HTML tag. For

     * example, if an applet is specified as

     * <blockquote><pre>

     * <applet code="Clock" width=50 height=50>

     * <param name=Color value="blue">

     * </applet>

     * </pre></blockquote>

     * <p>

     * then a call to {@code getParameter("Color")} returns the

     * value {@code "blue"}.

     *

     * @param   name   a parameter name.

     * @return  the value of the named parameter,

     * or {@code null} if not set.

     */

    String getParameter(String name);

    /**

     * Returns the applet's context.

     *

     * @return  the applet's context.

     */

    AppletContext getAppletContext();

    /**

     * Called when the applet wants to be resized.

     *

     * @param   width    the new requested width for the applet.

     * @param   height   the new requested height for the applet.

     */

    void appletResize(int width, int height);

}