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package java.applet;

import java.net.URL;

/**
 * This interface is the low level interface between the applet and the
 * browser.
 *
 * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
 * @see Applet#setStub(AppletStub)
 * @since 1.0
 * @status updated to 1.4
 */
public interface AppletStub
{
  /**
   * Tests whether or not this applet is currently active. An applet is active
   * just before the browser invokes start(), and becomes inactive just
   * before the browser invokes stop().
   *
   * @return <code>true</code> if this applet is active
   */
  boolean isActive();

  /**
   * Returns the basename URL of the document this applet is embedded in. This
   * is everything up to the final '/'.
   *
   * @return the URL of the document this applet is embedded in
   * @see #getCodeBase()
   */
  URL getDocumentBase();

  /**
   * Returns the URL of the code base for this applet.
   *
   * @return the URL of the code base for this applet
   */
  URL getCodeBase();

  /**
   * Returns the value of the specified parameter that was specified in
   * the <code><APPLET></code> tag for this applet.
   *
   * @param name the parameter name
   * @return the parameter value, or null if the parameter does not exist
   * @throws NullPointerException if name is null
   */
  String getParameter(String name);

  /**
   * Returns the applet context for this applet.
   *
   * @return the applet context for this applet
   */
  AppletContext getAppletContext();

  /**
   * Requests that the applet window for this applet be resized.
   *
   * @param width the new width in pixels
   * @param height the new height in pixels
   */
  void appletResize(int width, int height);
} // interface AppletStub