diff -urN openjdk.orig/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/applet/AppletViewerPanel.java openjdk/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/applet/AppletViewerPanel.java
--- openjdk.orig/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/applet/AppletViewerPanel.java	2008-01-12 15:53:45.000000000 -0500
+++ openjdk/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/applet/AppletViewerPanel.java	2008-02-04 11:51:20.000000000 -0500
@@ -42,25 +42,25 @@
  *
  * @author      Arthur van Hoff
  */
-class AppletViewerPanel extends AppletPanel {
+public class AppletViewerPanel extends AppletPanel {
 
     /* Are we debugging? */
-    static boolean debug = false;
+    protected static boolean debug = false;
 
     /**
      * The document url.
      */
-    URL documentURL;
+    protected URL documentURL;
 
     /**
      * The base url.
      */
-    URL baseURL;
+    protected URL baseURL;
 
     /**
      * The attributes of the applet.
      */
-    Hashtable atts;
+    protected Hashtable atts;
 
     /*
      * JDK 1.1 serialVersionUID
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     /**
      * Construct an applet viewer and start the applet.
      */
-    AppletViewerPanel(URL documentURL, Hashtable atts) {
+    protected AppletViewerPanel(URL documentURL, Hashtable atts) {
         this.documentURL = documentURL;
         this.atts = atts;
 
@@ -202,12 +202,12 @@
         return (AppletContext)getParent();
     }
 
-    static void debug(String s) {
+    protected static void debug(String s) {
         if(debug)
             System.err.println("AppletViewerPanel:::" + s);
     }
 
-    static void debug(String s, Throwable t) {
+    protected static void debug(String s, Throwable t) {
         if(debug) {
             t.printStackTrace();
             debug(s);
diff -urN openjdk.orig/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/applet/AppletPanel.java openjdk/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/applet/AppletPanel.java
--- openjdk.orig/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/applet/AppletPanel.java	2008-03-26 04:58:12.000000000 -0400
+++ openjdk/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/applet/AppletPanel.java	2008-04-07 21:55:56.000000000 -0400
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     /**
      * The applet (if loaded).
      */
-    Applet applet;
+    protected Applet applet;
 
     /**
      * Applet will allow initialization.  Should be
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
     /**
      * The thread for the applet.
      */
-    Thread handler;
+    protected Thread handler;
 
 
     /**
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@
      * Creates a thread to run the applet. This method is called
      * each time an applet is loaded and reloaded.
      */
-    synchronized void createAppletThread() {
+	//Overridden by NetxPanel.
+    protected synchronized void createAppletThread() {
         // Create a thread group for the applet, and start a new
         // thread to load the applet.
         String nm = "applet-" + getCode();
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@
     /**
      * Get an event from the queue.
      */
-    synchronized AppletEvent getNextEvent() throws InterruptedException {
+    protected synchronized AppletEvent getNextEvent() throws InterruptedException {
         while (queue == null || queue.isEmpty()) {
             wait();
         }
@@ -695,7 +696,8 @@
      * applet event processing so that it can be gracefully interrupted from
      * things like HotJava.
      */
-    private void runLoader() {
+	//Overridden by NetxPanel.
+    protected void runLoader() {
         if (status != APPLET_DISPOSE) {
             showAppletStatus("notdisposed");
             return;