{"json_modified": "2016-03-28T08:00:31.902602", "uuid": "98d4276f-f430-404a-8b07-58b0bbcec514", "title": "Java in Firefox Extensions", "url": "/en-US/docs/Archive/Mozilla/Java_in_Firefox_Extensions", "tags": ["Extensions", "Add-ons", "add-ons", "Java"], "translations": [], "modified": "2016-02-29T01:56:03", "label": "Java in Firefox Extensions", "localization_tags": [], "locale": "en-US", "id": 5831, "last_edit": "2013-11-21T12:38:34", "summary": "If you are in need of calling Java code from within a Firefox <a href=\"/en/Extensions\" title=\"en/Extensions\">extension</a>, you can make use of <a class=\"external\" href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiveConnect\">LiveConnect</a>. LiveConnect gives your extension's JavaScript code (linked from or contained in XUL code) access to 2 objects: <code>java</code> and <code>Packages</code> (note that per <a class=\"external\" href=\"https://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=45933&amp;tstart=0\">this thread</a>, although the <a class=\"link-https\" href=\"https://jdk6.dev.java.net/plugin2/liveconnect/\">new documentation</a> for the LiveConnect reimplementation states that these <a class=\"link-https\" href=\"https://jdk6.dev.java.net/plugin2/liveconnect/#DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONALITY\">globals will be deprecated</a> (in the context of applets), \"Firefox and the Java Plug-In will continue to support the global java/Packages keywords, in particular in the context of Firefox extensions.\"). These 2 objects let you make use of the standard JDK classes, e.g.,", "sections": [{"id": "See_also", "title": "See also"}], "slug": "Archive/Mozilla/Java_in_Firefox_Extensions", "review_tags": []}