applet vs. canvas in applet

[Rob Love]

Hey,

I want to write some data onto my applet. I need to have a thread that
reads data from a socket and prints it to the applet. I have the socket and
the formatting all done, but I don't know if I should use a canvas or just
paint to the applet directly. I can use the applet's run() method and just
paint to it's graphics object. Is there some reason not to directly draw
onto an applet?

Thanks,

//Rob

 

[Liu, Chunyen]

Either one will work. (directly on applet's paint() or on a new canvas)