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Recall the specific stages in an applet’s lifecycle.

• public void init( )

Called by browser or applet viewer: tells applet that it has been loaded into the system. Is called once per applet.

• public void start( )

Called by browser or applet viewer, tells applet to execute.

• public void paint(Graphics g)

Paints the component (draws the component): tells applet

to paint (draw) the contents of a component.

• public void stop( )

Called by browser or applet viewer:

tells it to stop execution.

• public void destroy( )

Called by browser or applet viewer: tells applet that it is

being killed, that it should destroy resources that it has

allocated so that they can be reclaimed for other use.

Event Driven Programming: Applet Example

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