title: I'm getting a "class not found" error when trying to view applet on a webpage
body: <p>I have a number of classes archived in a jar file.  The only thing I have loaded onto the server is the .jar file.  There are a number of .class files, but the one with the init() method is called "Poker.class"  My html is as follows:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;applet code=Poker
      archive="Poker.jar"
      width=300
      height=300&gt;
  &lt;/applet&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've tried to replace the applet code with "Poker.class", Poker.class, and "Poker".  Those variations give slightly different error messages on the java console when I load the webpage where the difference is just the class name that it can't find.  The error message is copied below.</p>
  
  <p>I've searched sites trying to find the answer, but nothing has helped.  If you have any insights, it would be very much appreciated.  Thanks</p>
  
  <pre><code>Java Plug-in 1.6.0_22
  Using JRE version 1.6.0_22-b04 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
  User home directory = C:\Users\Matt
  ----------------------------------------------------
  c:   clear console window
  f:   finalize objects on finalization queue
  g:   garbage collect
  h:   display this help message
  l:   dump classloader list
  m:   print memory usage
  o:   trigger logging
  q:   hide console
  r:   reload policy configuration
  s:   dump system and deployment properties
  t:   dump thread list
  v:   dump thread stack
  x:   clear classloader cache
  0-5: set trace level to &lt;n&gt;
  ----------------------------------------------------
  load: class Poker not found.
  java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Poker
      at sun.plugin2.applet.Applet2ClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
      at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadClass0(Unknown Source)
      at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
      at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
      at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadCode(Unknown Source)
      at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager.createApplet(Unknown Source)
      at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager$AppletExecutionRunnable.run(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
  Caused by: java.io.IOException: open HTTP connection failed:https://files.nyu.edu/mbn247/public/Poker.class
      at sun.plugin2.applet.Applet2ClassLoader.getBytes(Unknown Source)
      at sun.plugin2.applet.Applet2ClassLoader.access$000(Unknown Source)
      at sun.plugin2.applet.Applet2ClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
      at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
      ... 9 more
  Exception: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Poker
  </code></pre>