Re: CL-HTTP and Java support

To: Jihie Kim <jihie@isi.edu>
Subject: Re: CL-HTTP and Java support
From: John Moran <jmoran@tcd.ie>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 13:15:22 +0100 (BST)
cc: www-cl@ai.mit.edu
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I was writing applets over the summer that connected with CL-HTTP. It depends
what you are doing but I would not discount Javascript. It is a very 
tool. I used it to call applet methods that read the contents of a Java 
textbox and stored the resulting string in a hidden field which was 
submitted to the server by JavaScript. You need to create a JS object to do 
this. There are other ways of communicating with the server but that was fairly 
straightforward. As it turns out I was able to do everything I wanted for 
my current project with JavaScript. 

Moral of the story.

Unless you have a good reason I wouldn't ignore JavaScript. It is not 
hard to learn and it might just get you out of a tight corner. 

ps 
I can't send you the Java source code as it was lost in transit from Germany to 
Ireland but if you mail me I can give you some CL-HTTP/ JavaScript stuff.

References:

CL-HTTP and Java support

From: Jihie Kim <jihie@isi.edu>