You may be referring to this http://www.api4java.com/
There is another project call XMLTalk which is also similar. I did check this product out, it is commercial, and I found it to be very inflexible. It also did not handle marshalling of ui data very well, nor did it provide an intuitive way to respond to events without compiling code. Among other things Swang does the following: 1) it will build any object model with XML. 2) you may invoke methods on your model. 3) you may listen for events and define what is to be done with them within the XML. This is done using reflection and dynamic proxies. So almost any event scenario is possible. 4) you may provide declaritive branching based on boolean methods using the <condition> tag. 5) It allows you to mark objects as belonging to a form, when you do so you tell swang which method to invoke to get that component's value. It then creates a map which includes the value for each component in the form. This makes writing a front end to a MVC app that was initially developed for the web very much easier. All of projects I have found so far are either closed, commercial, or simply hard to use and not complete. Swang actually works. --- Paul Libbrecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, that's interesting ! > > For one, there's one big thing missing in Apache: gui components !! > It's quite much a shame there's nothing such started I think. > So I believe, it may be hard for Swang to find a home in Apache, but i > am not an Apache board member nor would I discourage it ! > > Second, I think I've seen this already. > There is: SwingBuilder (I think, I could never really get infos at it), > and another project I met but lost now which all do components from XML. > I have a cd somewhere with a demo of it, it is commercial. > > Can you compare it to others ? > > Paul > > > > On Mardi, avril 30, 2002, at 05:42 , Russell White wrote: > > > I have started a project at > > > > http://swang.sourceforge.net > > > > But I am not sure that that is the best home for it. I would rather it > > be a part of the Apache XML project. :) > > > > It is called "Swang" this is because I originally designed it for > > building Java JFC Swing UIs based on XML. Since them I have used it to > > build almost any > > object model based on existing classes from XML. > > > > I am not sure where to start in generating interest, and I thought > > Apache may well be the place to find people who could use such a tool. > > > > Here is how I use it. > > > > I have enterprise applications which are based on MVC design patterns. > > In my apps the view is always created as XML to be transformed into a > > UI (GUI or Web based, or even mobile) or used by another application. > > The reason for this is that I have many apps with 4 or more target UI > > endpoint technologies. "Swang" was designed to help create UIs that fit > > this programming model. > > > > If one of you had time to look at the project, and give me some > > guidance I > > would be very thankful, and more than glad to repay your kindness with > > lunch or your favorite beverages if I ever should have the privilege to > > meet you > > personally. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > In case of troubles, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- In case of troubles, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
