MRJPluginCarbon - OJI Plugin for Mac OS X
Introduction
This plugin enables current Mozilla-based browsers on Mac OS X to use Apple's JVM to run Applets. This first release runs on Mac OS X v10.1 and later and only works with CFM-based carbonized versions of Mozilla.
Using MRJPluginCarbon
All released versions of Netscape 6 and Mozilla can run the Java plugin directly, so there is no need to alter your HTML content to run applets. Features such as LiveConnect (calling Java from JavaScript) are supported.
Security
The Plugin uses the standard Applet security model provided by Apple's JVM. Remote applets can only open sockets with the server they come from, and only local applets can access the file system. There is no support for the Netscape security model, nor for signed applets, except through normal JDK security mechanisms.
Installation Instructions
1. Download MRJPluginCarbon. Your browser should automatically unstuff the file "MRJPluginCarbon-1.0.sit" as the folder "MRJPluginCarbon-1.0."
2. Open the "MRJPluginCarbon-1.0" folder, and choose "as List" from the "View" menu in the Finder. You'll see the following items:
3. Drag the item "MRJPluginCarbon" to the folder "Internet Plug-Ins" which is inside the folder "Library" which is on the volume that your computer starts up Mac OS X from. This is also known as "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins". Alternatively, you can install the plugin in "~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins" if you aren't an administrator on your system.
4. Installation is now complete. You can test your installation by going to your favorite applet on the internet.
Checkout and Build Instructions
The source code is located in the CVS module "mozilla/plugin/oji/MRJCarbon" in the Mozilla tree. Look here for directions on how to check out the Mozilla tree.
To build MRJPluginCarbon, you'll first need to build a Mozilla tree, because the plugin sources are organized with that in mind. Once you have a source tree that contains a complete mozilla/dist folder, the plugin can be built. Very soon, the plugin will be automatically built as part of daily Mozilla builds.
Bug Reporting
You are encouraged to report bugs via bugzilla, under the OJI component. You should specify "Mac OS X" as the operating system.
Release History
30 May 2002
Version 1.0 release.