Just so it is clear, I am NOT trying to refresh the HTML page via Java.
I searched the group archives and found a ton of threads dealing with
that, so I realize that it a common question.  But that is NOT what I'm
trying to do.

Instead, I am trying to figure out what happens to a java applet when
the HTML page it is embedded in gets refreshed. Does it go through
init() again?  start()?

I have an applet that includes an array. When I refresh the page a few
times, I start getting an OutOfBounds exception. I'm certain that the
error must be related to the refresh action, as  I cannot see any way
this exception could occur normally. Which means I can't really fix the
problem unless I know how refreshing the page affects the applet.

Granted, this is a higly unlikely set of events - why would someone
normally hit refresh over and over - but I'd like to fix the problem
anyway.