Trying to load java applet via html file

Question

Directory is like so:

test.html
blah
hmmm

Inside "blah" we have all the applet files, including blahBlah.class. Inside "hmmm" are a few more more class files that were taken from a library or something, they are used by the project also.

I write in test.html...

<applet name="blah" code="/blahBlah.class" codebase="blah"></applet>

(along with every other variation I could think of)

Farthest I've gotten is:

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: blahBlah (wrong name: blah/blahBlah)

Now inside blahBlah.java, we have:

package blah;

I'm not sure if it's related.

Also wondering if it may be necessary to place the project in a jar file and set the archive attribute of the applet?

The real files are not blah and blahBlah, but I've replaced the names faithfully.

Answer 1

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: blahBlah (wrong name: blah/blahBlah)

This basically means that it's been executed as

java blahBlah

instead of

java blah.blahBlah

In other words, your code attribtue is wrong. It has to be

<applet name="blah" code="blah/blahBlah.class" />

or just by FQN (see also Andrew's comment)

<applet name="blah" code="blah.blahBlah" />

The codebase defaults to the current folder, which is fine in this case, so it's removed. An alternative is to put it in another folder, such as /applet or something. You should at least not use a package folder as code base, but instead the package root.