Question

I have created simple Java class to test file writes from applets:
update appeared

public class localfile extends Applet{
public localfile(){
    try {
        File f = new File("testfile.txt");
        BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(f,true));
        out.write("test");
        out.close();
    }
    catch(Exception x)
       System.err.println(x.toString());
   }
}

I have created and signed jar:

jar cvf localfile.jar localfile.java
jarsigner localfile.jar yourkey

html looks like:
<applet code="localfile.class" archive="localfile.jar", width=300, height=600>

The error I get every time I run this applet is:

java.lang.SecurityException: trusted loader attempted to load sandboxed resource from file:/home/w/test/
at com.sun.deploy.security.CPCallbackHandler$ParentCallback.check(CPCallbackHandler.java:308)
at com.sun.deploy.security.CPCallbackHandler$ParentCallback.access$1400(CPCallbackHandler.java:121)
at com.sun.deploy.security.CPCallbackHandler$ChildElement.checkResource(CPCallbackHandler.java:473)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.checkResource(Plugin2ClassLoader.java:701)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Applet2ClassLoader.findClass(Applet2ClassLoader.java:206)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:307)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:248)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadCode(Plugin2ClassLoader.java:520)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager.createApplet(Plugin2Manager.java:2940)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager$AppletExecutionRunnable.run(Plugin2Manager.java:1444)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Exception: java.lang.SecurityException: trusted loader attempted to load sandboxed resource from file:/home/w/test/

What is strange: I have created similar applet to read files and it works ok.

Any thoughts?

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I was running this applet on both browser and applet viewer. What is strange given applet doesn’t work on applet viewer and throws exception, but on browser it is fine.

java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.util.PropertyPermission java.security.policy write)
at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java:323)
at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.java:546)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:532)
at java.lang.System.setProperty(System.java:725)
at localfile.<init>(localfile.java:15)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:355)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:308)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.createApplet(AppletPanel.java:785)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.runLoader(AppletPanel.java:714)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(AppletPanel.java:368)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

So, beside this strange behaviour I consider my problem solved. Thanks everyone:)

Answer 1

With some finagling, you can include a policy file in a jar. Refer to the SO question jar policy file for more information.

Otherwise, consider making a Java WebStart application, which can read/write files more easily.