An applet that searches multiple search engines, displaying the results in side-by-side frame cells.

Using Applets as Front Ends to Server-Side Programs
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SearchApplet.java An applet that searches multiple search engines,
 displaying the results in side-by-side frame cells. Uses the following files: 
SearchSpec.javaParallelSearches.htmlSearchAppletFrame.htmlGoogleResultsFrame.htmlInfoseekResultsFrame.htmlLycosResultsFrame.html
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import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.net.*;
//

/** An applet that reads a value from a TextField,
 *  then uses it to build three distinct URLs with embedded
 *  GET data: one each for Google, Infoseek, and Lycos.
 *  The browser is directed to retrieve each of these
 *  URLs, displaying them in side-by-side frame cells.
 *  Note that standard HTML forms cannot automatically
 *  perform multiple submissions in this manner.
 *  


 *  Taken from Core Web Programming Java 2 Edition
 *  from Prentice Hall and Sun Microsystems Press,

 *  May be freely used or adapted.
 */

public class SearchApplet extends Applet
                          implements ActionListener {
  private TextField queryField;
  private Button submitButton;

  public void init() {
    setBackground(Color.white);
    setFont(new Font("Serif", Font.BOLD, 18));
    add(new Label("Search String:"));
    queryField = new TextField(40);
    queryField.addActionListener(this);
    add(queryField);
    submitButton = new Button("Send to Search Engines");
    submitButton.addActionListener(this);
    add(submitButton);
  }

  /** Submit data when button is pressed or
   *  user presses Return in the TextField.
   */
  
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
    String query = URLEncoder.encode(queryField.getText());
    SearchSpec[] commonSpecs = SearchSpec.getCommonSpecs();
    // Omitting HotBot (last entry), as they use JavaScript to
    // pop result to top-level frame. Thus the length-1 below.
    for(int i=0; i