System, method and computer program product for automated interaction with and data extraction from Java applets

摘要

A system, method and computer program product for extracting data from an applet are provided. Data from a data page is downloaded to a browser. The data includes an applet written in Java. Additional spy code is added. The spy code is used for interacting with the applet on the browser. Data is extracted from the applet using the spy code. Also, other types of interactions with the applet can be performed using the spy code. A method for extracting data from a browser object is also provided.