A Simple Application Program Interface for Saving Java Program Data on a Wiki

Abstract EN

A simple application program interface (API) for Java programs running on a wiki is implemented experimentally.

A Java program with the API can be running on a wiki, and the Java program can save its data on the wiki.

The Java program consists of PukiWiki, which is a popular wiki in Japan, and a plug-in, which starts up Java programs and classes of Java.

A Java applet with default access privilege cannot save its data at a local host.

We have constructed an API of applets for easy and unified data input and output at a remote host.

We also combined the proposed API and the wiki system by introducing a wiki tag for starting Java applets.

It is easy to introduce new types of applications using the proposed API.

We have embedded programs such as a simple text editor, a simple music editor, a simple drawing program, and programming environments in a PukiWiki system using this API.