Object persistence in Java applets

Question

What is a good approach to save state of a Java applet?

I can deal with object serialization/deserialization to/from a file but don\'t know where it should be placed

Answer 1

The Applet Persistence API seems to be a good approach when data needs to be persisted between browser sessions: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/guide/plugin/developer_guide/persistence.html