Subj : Re: Accessing Java from JavaScript IN (Mozilla) BROWSER???
To   : Merten Schumann
From : Igor Bukanov
Date : Thu Apr 29 2004 12:56 pm

Merten Schumann wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to use Java within JavaScript code in a HTML page in Mozilla.
> 
> Well,
>     var myString = new java.lang.String("Hello world");
> works fine (ok, I had to switch the "enable Java" option in Mozilla before:)
> 
> Now I want to use a class (static method) from my own .jar.
> I tried
>    var foo = Packages.my.own.Stuff.myMethod("hi")
> but I always get
>    "Packages.my.own.Stuff.myMethod is not a function"
> 
> I think my .jar file is simply not found since I'm sure the method is there
> and the same error happens for any really non-existent package I tried to
> address.
> I tried to use the CLASSPATH environment variable, but the error still
> appears.
> 
> In a server application utilizing Rhino using third-party packages works
> fine with the "Packages." stuff.
> 
> Is it possible to use the "access Java packages from JavaScript" in Mozilla,
> that means, on the client side?
> Where to put .jar files? In Mozilla's plugin or component folder? Or should
> it work via classpath?
> 
> Thanx!
>    Alfred
> 
> 

You posted to the wrong newsgroup/list, try netscape.public.mozilla.java 
and perhaps consider using an applet to load your jars.

Regards, Igor

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