JavaScript: The Definitive Guide

C.2 LiveConnect

In Navigator 3.0, LiveConnect is the "glue" that connects JavaScript with Java and with Navigator plug-ins. It has the following new features:

• The JavaPackage object represents a Java package.

• The JavaClass object represents a Java class.

• The JavaObject object represents a Java object.

• The JavaArray object represents an array in Java.

• The JavaMethod object represents a Java method.

• The getClass() method returns the JavaClass object for any given JavaObject object.

• The Java class netscape.javascript.JSObject represents a JavaScript object from within Java applets.

• The applets[] array of the Document object is an array of JavaObject objects that represent the applets embedded in the document.

• The embeds[] array of the Document object is an array of JavaObject objects that represent the embedded objects in the document, and allow JavaScript to control the Navigator plug-ins that display those objects.

See Chapter 19, LiveConnect: JavaScript and Java for details on all of these new objects, functions, and arrays.