Requests that the browser or applet viewer show the Web page
indicated by the url
argument. The
target
argument indicates in which HTML frame the
document is to be displayed.
The target argument is interpreted as follows:
Target Argument | Description |
---|---|
"_self" | Show in the window and frame that contain the applet. |
"_parent" | Show in the applet's parent frame. If the applet's frame has no parent frame, acts the same as "_self". |
"_top" | Show in the top-level frame of the applet's window. If the applet's frame is the top-level frame, acts the same as "_self". |
"_blank" | Show in a new, unnamed top-level window. |
name | Show in the frame or window named name. If a target named name does not already exist, a new top-level window with the specified name is created, and the document is shown there. |
An applet viewer or browser is free to ignore showDocument
.
url | an absolute URL giving the location of the document. | |
target | a String indicating where to display
the page. |
Diagram: java.applet