What does it mean that Java applet runs in web browser? Does it share the same address space as browser? Isn’t it created as single process?
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What does it mean that Java applet runs in web browser? Does it share the same address space as browser? Isn’t it created as single process?
Most modern browsers support plugins, for instance through the NPAPI.
This allows the Java runtime to run inside of the browser process, as a plugin, executing the Java applet.
Whether or not it runs in the same process or not is up to the browser itself; Chrome, for instance, runs every plugin in a separate process, while other browsers only use one process.