P3
This problem has been reported in the following bugzilla bug:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=452204
If the <BASE> tag is specified in the html page together with the codebase with relative path, java plug-in for Firefox or Chrome doesn't take the href in the <BASE> tag into account when trying to load class or jar file.
For example, consider the following page containing an applet
http://web-east.east.sun.com/deployment/www/tests/calvin/BaseTagTest/applet_dir/example1.html
the above html page contains:
<html>
<head>
<title>MoleculeViewer (example 1)</title>
<base href="http://web-east.east.sun.com/deployment/www/tests/calvin/BaseTagTest/binary/" />
</head>
<body>
<h1>MoleculeViewer (example 1)</h1>
<hr>
<applet codebase="classes/" code=XYZApp.class width=300 height=300>
<param name=model value=models/HyaluronicAcid.xyz>
alt="Your browser understands the <APPLET> tag but isn't running the applet, for some reason."
Your browser is completely ignoring the <APPLET> tag!
</applet>
<hr>
<a href="XYZApp.java">The source</a>.
</body>
</html>
The class should be loaded based on the <base> tag and codebase from:
http://web-east.east.sun.com/deployment/www/tests/calvin/BaseTagTest/binary/classes/XYZApp.class
On Firefox and Chrome, Java Plug-in tries to load the class based on the docbase and codebase as:
http://web-east.east.sun.com/deployment/www/tests/calvin/BaseTagTest/applet_dir/classes/XYZApp.class
resulting in ClassNotFoundException.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=452204
If the <BASE> tag is specified in the html page together with the codebase with relative path, java plug-in for Firefox or Chrome doesn't take the href in the <BASE> tag into account when trying to load class or jar file.
For example, consider the following page containing an applet
http://web-east.east.sun.com/deployment/www/tests/calvin/BaseTagTest/applet_dir/example1.html
the above html page contains:
<html>
<head>
<title>MoleculeViewer (example 1)</title>
<base href="http://web-east.east.sun.com/deployment/www/tests/calvin/BaseTagTest/binary/" />
</head>
<body>
<h1>MoleculeViewer (example 1)</h1>
<hr>
<applet codebase="classes/" code=XYZApp.class width=300 height=300>
<param name=model value=models/HyaluronicAcid.xyz>
alt="Your browser understands the <APPLET> tag but isn't running the applet, for some reason."
Your browser is completely ignoring the <APPLET> tag!
</applet>
<hr>
<a href="XYZApp.java">The source</a>.
</body>
</html>
The class should be loaded based on the <base> tag and codebase from:
http://web-east.east.sun.com/deployment/www/tests/calvin/BaseTagTest/binary/classes/XYZApp.class
On Firefox and Chrome, Java Plug-in tries to load the class based on the docbase and codebase as:
http://web-east.east.sun.com/deployment/www/tests/calvin/BaseTagTest/applet_dir/classes/XYZApp.class
resulting in ClassNotFoundException.