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LiveConnect is a feature of Web browsers that allows Java and JavaScript software to intercommunicate within a Web page. From the Java side it allows an applet to invoke the embedded scripts of a page or to access the built-in JavaScript environment, much as scripts can. Conversely, from the JavaScript side, it allows a script to invoke applet methods, or to access the Java runtime libraries, much as applets can.^[1][2]

LiveConnect was used in Netscape 4 to implement scriptability of NPAPI plugins.

It is currently used in Rhinohide to implement a DOM interface for applets, that allows each applet to manipulate its containing Web page, using a standard Java binding of the DOM.^[3]

[edit] References

1. ^ Flanagan, David. (2006). JavaScript: the Definitive Guide. O'Reilly, Sebastopol, California.
2. ^ For technical details, see the Mozilla Developer Documentation on LiveConnect.
3. ^ Rhinohide home page.