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Is there a migration path from applets to applications? OR Does Java Web Start support applets?

April 26, 2017applets applications Java migration path support web

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Is there a migration path from applets to applications? OR Does Java Web Start support applets?

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Java Web Start is primarily designed for application deployment. You specify all requirements for your application in the JNLP file, and off you go. We do provide the ability to launch Applets in much the same way as the traditional AppletViewer. The built-in AppletViewer is there to provide an easy migration path for existing Applets that want to take advantage of Java Web Start. However, it is not intended to be a full implementation of the Plug-In. The Plug-In is the primary launching vehicle for Applets. The built-in AppletViewer in Java Web Start has certain limitation, e.g., you can not specify class files as resources and policy files are not accepted.