I tried to load an applet that didn't subclass java.applet.Applet and Internet Explorer didn't complain. What's up?
Created May 7, 2012
John Zukowski This is an interesting feature of Internet Explorer's non-standard VM. If the class doesn't subclass Applet, it will still load. The "magic" methods of applets won't be called though [init(), start(), stop(), and destry()]. If the class is a subclass of Component, paint() still will be called though.
Netscape browsers, appletviewer, and the Java Plug-in will refuse to load an applet that is not a subclass of java.applet.Applet.