java.lang.InstantiationException: either code or object should be specified, but not both

Symptoms

When running an applet in a browser using the Sun Java^TM Runtime Environment (JRE^TM) implementation, a java.lang.InstantiationException is thrown. The same applet runs without any errors with the Microsoft  Virtual Machine (VM).

Cause

There are two possible causes.

• Both code and object attributes are specified in the <APPLET> tag:
  
  <APPLET code=MyApplet object=MyApplet.ser width=100 height=100>
</APPLET>
  
  The Sun JRE can access the code or the object attribute, and not both.
   
• A code attribute is specified in the <APPLET> tag, and an object attribute is specified in a <PARAM> tag as shown in the following code:
  
  <APPLET code=MyApplet width=100 height=100>
<PARAM name="object" value="someValue">
</APPLET>

public class MyApplet extends java.applet.Applet
{
        public void init()
        {
               String value = getParameter("object");
        }
        ....
}
  
  The Sun JRE does not support object as a parameter name.

Resolution

        In the first cause eliminate the code attribute in the <APPLET> tag as shown in the following code:

             <APPLET object=MyApplet.ser width=100 height=100>
             </APPLET>

        In the second cause change the parameter name to a different name as shown in the following code:

             <APPLET code=MyApplet width=100 height=100>
             <PARAM name="property1" value="someValue">
             </APPLET>

             public class MyApplet extends java.applet.Applet
             {
                 public void init()
                 {
                         String value = getParameter("property1");
                 }
                 ....
             }

Related Information

        None.