The Java Tutorial Fourth Edition: A Short Course on the Basics

Chapter 17. Java Web Start JAVA Web Start provides the power to launch full-featured applications with a single click. Users can download and launch applications, such as a complete spreadsheet program or an Internet chat client, without goi...

Running Java Web Start Applications Users can run Java Web Start applications in the following ways: Running a Java Web Start application from a browserRunning an application from the Java Cache ViewerRunning a Java Web Start application from the...

Deploying Java Web Start Applications This section describes the basics of deploying an application using Java Web Start. Deploying an application involves the following steps: 1. Setting up the Web server2. Creating the JNLP file3. Pla...

Developing Java Web Start Applications For the most part, you develop applications to be deployed through Java Web Start just as you would develop stand-alone Java applications. However, there are some packaging considerations, which are described...

The JNLP API The Java platform includes the JNLP API to enable you to provide additional information to applications deployed through Java Web Start. The JNLP API is included in the javax.jnlp package, which is delivered in the jnlp.jar as part o...

Java Web Start and Security This section describes the basics of security for applications deployed through Java Web Start. Java Web Start Security Basics Applications launched with Java Web Start are, by default, run in a restricted environ...

Common Java Web Start Problems Problem: My browser shows the JNLP file for my application as plain text. Most likely, your Web server is not aware of the proper MIME type for JNLP files. See the Setting Up the Web Server section (page 525) for mor...

Questions and Exercises: Java Web Start Questions 1.In a link that is to run a Java Web Start application, which file is specified as the a tag's href attribute?2.Which MIME type must a Web server recognize in order for it to host Java Web Star...