Browser plug-in to interact with browser

Hello, I am trying to find out if it is possible to create browser
plug-in using java. The plug-in should have access to the browser's DOM
and shoud be able to dynamically alter content and style of any element
by responding to mouse movement and clicks anywhere on the browser
document.

I am new to all this, but I am familiar with javescript and html. And,
currently, I can achieve what I want using just javascript. But, I
would like to encapsulate all the javascript code in a java plug-in.

What technology is this called? I have been looking at some examples
from Sun's site and a few other sites, but I notice that the applet
occupies a certain area in the browser and the applet is only in
control of that particular area. I want the applet to have access to
all the tags in the page and be able to alter things line innerHTML,
style and such of any tag anywhere in the page. I believe that if
javascript can do all that an imbedded java applet should be able to do
that.

Thanks very much in advance.

D.K. Mishra

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