SwingLabs
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| swingLabs | |
|---|---|
| Developed by | Sun |
| OS | Cross-platform |
| Genre | Widget library |
| License | LGPL |
| Website | swinglabs.dev.java.net |
swingLabs is a Sun Open source project proposing extensions to the Java Swing GUI toolkit. Available components include:
- Sorting, filtering, highlighting for tables, trees, and lists
- Find/search
- Auto-completion
- Login/authentication framework
- TreeTable component
- Collapsible panel component
- Date picker component
- Tip-of-the-Day component
The aim of the project is to experiment new or enhanced GUI functionalities that are required by Rich client applications. It acts as a testbed for ideas related to client side technologies.
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[edit] Integration into Java API
Successful project components are eventually incorporated into the core Swing toolkit for future Java versions, although API compatibility is not guaranteed. Examples of these are:
- the
GroupLayoutmanager in Java SE 6[1]. - incorporation of the
SystemTrayin Java SE 6. - the new
Desktopclass in Java SE 6, which allows to launch easily associated applications registered on the native desktop, as for example : launching the user-default browser, launching the user-default mail client, launching a registered application to open, edit or print a specified file.
[edit] License
The project is distributed under a LGPL license.
[edit] Sub-projects
The swingLabs project is divided into several sub-projects. For example :
- swingX: provides extensions to the Java Swing GUI toolkit.
- JDIC: as for JDesktop Integration Components, a project aims to make Java applications first-class citizens of current desktop platforms without sacrificing platform independence. Its mission is to enable seamless desktop/Java integration.
- nimbus: a Look and feel using synth, the Java skinnable look and feel.
- swingLayout: the home of the
GroupLayoutmanager, before inclusion in Java SE 6. - JDNC: Contained components that allow to build easily Swing-based rich-client Java applications. The project is no more actively maintained. It has been replaced by Swing Application Framework (JSR 296)
- scenegraph: A library that provide 2D Scene graph functionality to Java 2D, including Swing widgets. This library is used internally by the JavaFX Script language.
- PDFRenderer: A 100% pure Java PDF viewer library.
