The Netscape Packages

Netscape Navigator includes several Java packages used to enable LiveConnect communication. The first, netscape, is used to enable communication back and forth between JavaScript and Java applets. Additionally, replacement java and sun packages are provided. These feature security improvements for LiveConnect. The following netscape packages are included:

  • netscape.javascript— This package implements the JSObject and JSException classes, which enable Java applets to access JavaScript properties and throw exceptions when JavaScript returns an error.

  • netscape.plug-in— This package implements the Plugin class, which enables cross communication between JavaScript and plug-ins. Plug-ins must be compiled with this class to make ...

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