Hi, Here is my code snippet: Servlet: public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) throws ServletException, IOException{ Hashtable mainHT = new Hashtable(); mainHT = processSelect(); res.setContentType("application/octet-stream"); ObjectOutputStream outputToApplet = new ObjectOutputStream(res.getOutputStream()); outputToApplet.writeObject(mainHT); outputToApplet.flush(); //outputToApplet.close(); } Applet: public Object receiveObject(String servletName) { try { String urlString = getDocumentBase().toString(); urlString = urlString.substring(0, urlString.lastIndexOf("/")+1)+ "servlet/"+servletName; URL servletURL = new URL(urlString); URLConnection servletConnection = servletURL.openConnection(); servletConnection.setDoInput(true); servletConnection.setDoOutput(false); servletConnection.setUseCaches(false); servletConnection.setRequestProperty("Content- Type", "application/octet-stream"); ObjectInputStream inputStmFromServlet = new ObjectInputStream(servletConnection.getInputStream()); Object receivedObj = inputStmFromServlet.readObject(); inputStmFromServlet.close(); return receivedObj; } catch(IOException ioe) { System.out.println("Exception ioe"); System.out.println(ioe); ioe.printStackTrace(); return null; } catch(Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); return null; } } Hope with this some one can throw some light on the problem. I am having all the class files of applet in the public_html directory and servlet's class file is in servlets directory of the web server. TIA S >From: Danny Rubis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "A mailing list for discussion about Sun Microsystem's Java > Servlet API Technology." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: IOException in Applet-Servlet Communication >Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 19:10:08 -0500 > >Hey! > >Send the list a small sniplette of you code where you are >doing the IO. How can we tell otherwise? > >Sans adieu, >Danny Rubis > >puppala sreenivas wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > I am having the applet-servlet communication in my project and in the > > initial testing it self I am getting this exception in Netscape's java > > console > > > > java.io.IOException: The document contained no data. > > Try again later, or contact the server's administrator. > > > > at netscape.net.URLConnection.connect(Compiled Code) > > > > * at netscape.net.URLConnection.getInputStream(Compiled Code) > > > > at CheckListApp.receiveObject(Compiled Code) > > > > at CheckListApp.loadInitialData(Compiled Code) > > > > at CheckListApp.jbInit(Compiled Code) > > > > at CheckListApp.init(Compiled Code) > > > > at >netscape.applet.DerivedAppletFrame$InitAppletEvent.dispatch(Compiled > > Code) > > > > at java.awt.EventDispatchThread$EventPump.dispatchEvents(Compiled >Code) > > > > at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Compiled Code) > > > > at > > >netscape.applet.DerivedAppletFrame$AppletEventDispatchThread.run(Compiled > > Code) > > > > Can anybody giude me on this? I am able to see the hello world servlet >in > > the servlets directory of my web server.Here it self is my servlet's >class > > file. > > TIA > > S > > >_________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at >http://www.hotmail.com. > > > > >___________________________________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the >body > > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > > > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > > Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html > >___________________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body >of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > >Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html >Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html >LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html