Raghavendra

• Aug 18th, 2005

 

init() :--- 
Called by the browser or applet viewer to inform this applet that it has been loaded into the system. It is always called before the first time that the start method is called.  
A subclass of Applet should override this method if it has initialization to perform. For example, an applet with threads would use the init method to create the threads and the destroy method to kill them.  
 
start() :-- 
Called by the browser or applet viewer to inform this applet that it should start its execution. It is called after the init method and each time the applet is revisited in a Web page.  
A subclass of Applet should override this method if it has any operation that it wants to perform each time the Web page containing it is visited. For example, an applet with animation might want to use the start method to resume animation, and the stop method to suspend the animation.  
 
Taken from Sun Java Documentation 
 

D.S.Reddy

• Sep 12th, 2005

 

init()- is called only once , when the browser sends the first request.

start() is called everytime the browser sends the request