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Gil:

The higher level stream stuff in java.io don't throw the SecurityException and I
would have expected an IOException or at least a bogus number of bytes written
as the return value of the write() call.

-Rich

Gil Delavous wrote:

> That's funny. I made a little applet that just use and URLConnection with a
> BufferedInputStream, using an HTTP url to a text file. As you said I can
> read the file from the server. I pushed a bit further and tried to write
> data with a BufferedOutputStream... it *seems* to work (i.e. I get no
> exception error), but nothing is written on the server! I should have got an
> IOException somewhere... no?
>
> >> > Gil:
> >> >
> >> > You don't.  An Applet cannot write files (or create files/directories)
> >> > on the
> >> > server where it lives, only read.  All the File related classes
> >> > implement
> >> > security manager and will stop those activites (even checking for
> >> > write
> >> > permision, if memory serves).  You are pretty much limited to
> >> > activities based
> >> > upon InputStreams.
> >> >