What happens to *.class files?
To all,
I'm having a debate with some coworkers of mine as to what happens to *.class files that are downloaded with an applet, and what happens to them once the browser is closed.
I know that with ActiveX Controls (at least with IE), the files are copied into the "Downloaded Program Files" directory, where they are registered and where they remain until the user manually removes them personally.
What happens to the *.class files? I have visited web sites where applets are known to be run, and I can't find their *.class file(s) anywhere on my system! (WinNT Workstation 4.0) Does anyone out there know the answer? I would greatly appreciate any responses you may have.
Thanks in advance!! I appreciate any information you can provide. :)
Valerie Bradley
http://www.synthcom.com/~val
val@synthcom.com
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ValerieB] at [2007-11-15 19:11:59]
# 1 Re: What happens to *.class files?
As far as my knowledge is concerned, all the class files go in the directory where all the cached pages are stored. But u won't get them by searching for '*.class' files, their name and extensions are completely chanegd.
When the browser is closed and started again, it will fetch new version (I am not completely sure about this, because I usually clear-off all the cache when testing applet). Whenever a class is downloaded, it will be used by the browser through out the session (until it is closed) even if class file at remote server (from where the class is downloaded) has updated.
- UnicMan
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# 2 Re: What happens to *.class files?
With Netscape, they're in the cache, but they've been renamed to Mblahblah.CLA. In IE (4 & 5 anyway), they're in "Temporary Internet Files" and can be seen as .CLASS files.
Donal at 2007-11-10 3:02:52 >
# 3 Re: What happens to *.class files?
Hi! How about the images/sound files/data files that are accessed by the .class
file--do IE and NS also store them in the cache?
Thanks for your advise.
# 4 Re: What happens to *.class files?
Don't know for sure.
Most probably images will also be cached.
- UnicMan
http://members.tripod.com/unicman
# 5 Re: What happens to *.class files?
Hi
My experience shows that images/audio files are not chached.
My applet was loading slowly everytime it was initialized
because of the images.
but if you try to archive all class and images/uadio files into a jar
file which is surely cached you will solve this problem.
Leon
http://people.bulgaria.com/vleonkev
