how to create an applet parallel to a process to show progress

Question

i want to create a applet which paints a running ball while a process a running in the Java application . I have no idea how to synch the process time with the applet life . Help please ??

Answer 1

Applets run in a browser controlled JVM, that is completely separate from the JVM executing your program, but can do anything a normal Java application can do.

Therefore the problem here is actually, how you can have one JVM ask another JVM for information and you have several options depending on your need and skills.

I would suggest you look into JMX which is usually used for these kind of things, and if inapplicable then the EndPoint class which provide a tiny web server to your application.