/**
  * With Netscape Navigator 2.0, this always raises security exception.
  *
  * With JDK 1.0 appletviewer, 
  *  this raises security exception by default. 
  *  However if you add /tmp (or the file /tmp/foo) to acl.write, then
  *  applets loaded over the net can read files in /tmp (or the file /tmp/foo.) 
  *  
  *  Applets installed on your local file system in a directory on 
  *  your CLASSPATH can write files on your local file system,
  *  from the appletviewer, regardless of the setting of acl.write.
  *
  * @version JDK 1.0 beta
  * @author  Marianne Mueller
  */

import java.awt.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.applet.*;

public class writeFile extends Applet {
    String myFile = "/tmp/foo";
    File f = new File(myFile);
    DataOutputStream dos;

public void paint(Graphics g) {
	try {
  	  dos = new DataOutputStream(new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(myFile),128));
	  dos.writeChars("Cats can hypnotize you when you least expect it\n");
	  dos.flush();
	  g.drawString("Successful attempt to write to " + myFile, 10, 10);
	}
	catch (SecurityException e) {
	  g.drawString("writeFile: caught security exception", 10, 10);
        }
	catch (IOException ioe) {
		g.drawString("writeFile: caught i/o exception", 10, 10);
        }
		
   }
}