File IO with Applets

[kilando]

Hey folks,

I'm trying to write an applet that will display text depending on what is written on anotehr website (a sports ticker)

I get the following error when I try to run the program:

java.security.AccessControllException: access denied (java.net.SocketPermission

http://www.website

resolve)

The code that is throwing the error is this:

String site = "[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.theWebsite.html";[/URL]
URL target = new URL(site);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(target.openStream()));

This works fine when run from an application, is there something about Applets that don't let you use BufferedReader? Any help/suggestions?

Thanks.

 

[siberian]

Last time I wrote an applet it was a security violation to let it open local files. That essentially means I could write an applet that I make you load that opens your hard drive and starts deleting files or retrieving secure info etc etc.

There are ways around this but if I remember it was not pretty..

The better way to handle this is to have the applet communicate with a webserver that retrieves the data for you.

 

[HenryChinaski]

the applet is not signed? If it's not, it just can connect to the server from it was downloaded.