How do I get the URL of the web page a Java Applet is currently running on?

applet, java, url

Solution

See `getDocumentBase()`

Using getDocumentBase() actually gave me a NullPointerException..

It works fine here. I just tested it using this code.

// <applet code=MyLocation width=400 height=30></applet>
import javax.swing.*;

public class MyLocation extends JApplet {

    @Override
    public void init() {
        add( new JLabel(getDocumentBase().toString()));
    }
}

To compile & run it, do the following after saving the source.

prompt> javac MyLocation.java
prompt> appletviewer MyLocation.java

The `.java` extension on the second line is no typo. Recent versions of applet viewer will look in the specified source code for an `applet` element defined in a comment.

Problem

I am making an applet in Java that will be embedded into a web page, but the URL of the page is dynamic. I need to be able to get the current URL of the page that the applet is running on. Does anyone know how to do this?

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