How to retrieve the Applet instance

Question

In a Java applet-application, is there a way to obtain the actual applet instance somehow? e.g. a static method or singleton that makes this available? I'm working on a project where I can't access/modify the Applet class source code so I need a way to find the current Applet instance.

The reason for this is I think I need to inspect/modify how the applet is loading resources.

As you alluded to yourself, not helping when you have an answer hurts the site as a whole because anyone else finding this question would be mislead. Think about _that_ next time the medium of writing comments leads to crossed wires! — Mr. Boy, Oct 01 '13 at 13:16
if you have access to an AWT/Swing component that gets added to the hierarchy you can iterate parents until you find a parent that is instanceof Applet. otherwise I think you are out of luck. does this answer your question? — Omry Yadan, Oct 01 '13 at 14:05

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class DrawingApplet extends Applet {

   private static Applet INSTANCE;

   public void init() {
      INSTANCE = this;
      // your init logic goes here;
      ....
   }

   public void paint( Graphics g ) {
     // your paint logic goes here.
   }
}

Why this way won't work for you?

UPDATE 1 If you don't have the access to your Applet sources, I'm afraid you can't catch the instance of the applet. More details are explained in this thread: Getting all instances of a class

edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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answered Sep 17 '13 at 09:50

Archer

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Ahh! :) I see it. So you need to catch your applet somehow from outside of applet instance. I'll think on it now. – Archer Sep 17 '13 at 09:56
Exactly. I clarified the question to make that obvious now. – Mr. Boy Sep 17 '13 at 09:56

How to retrieve the Applet instance

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