JApplet is a java swing public class designed for developers usually written in Java. JApplet is generally in the form of Java bytecode that runs with the help of a Java virtual machine (JVM) or Applet viewer from Sun Microsystems. It was first introduced in 1995.
JApplet can also be written in other programming languages and can later be compiled to Java byte cod
The default layout manager for a JApplet is BorderLayout.You can test it yourself:System.out.println(new JApplet().getLayout());
I think you may have your terminology off a bit.javax.swing is a Java package of graphical user interface (GUI) classes.An Applet is a class designed to be embedded in a web browser.Among the classes in the Swing package is JApplet, which is an Applet extended to work with Swing components.There really is no "advantage" of one thing over the other. They are just different, if related, parts of Java.
// Exercise 3.07 Solution // Larger.java // Program determines the larger of two numbers import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.Graphics; public class Larger extends JApplet { String result; // a string containing the output public void init() { String firstNumber, // first string entered by user secondNumber; // second string entered by user int number1, // first number to compare number2; // second number to compare // read first number from user as a string firstNumber = JOptionPane.showInputDialog( "Enter first integer:" ); // read second number from user as a string secondNumber = JOptionPane.showInputDialog( "Enter second integer:" ); // convert numbers from type String to type int number1 = Integer.parseInt( firstNumber ); number2 = Integer.parseInt( secondNumber ); if ( number1 > number2 ) result = number1 + " is larger."; else if ( number1 < number2 ) result = number2 + " is larger."; else result = "These numbers are equal."; } public void paint( Graphics g ) { // draw results g.drawRect( 15, 10, 270, 20 ); g.drawString( result, 25, 25 ); } }