> I have also done something similar. I gave a first try to SWT but not > only performance was lower, also SWT drawing has several limitations > (in the sense of drawing functions) over java2d, which made it > impossible to work with it for maps productions.
yes, typically the kind of things I observed as well. For low-level graphics Swing seems much more powerful (but I much prefer SWT for its native widgets and UI programming model). > This also was done a couple of years ago, so some things are shady > right now. If I recall correctly we ended up using java2d and in the > last moment transform it into SWT image and render that. Was working > quite ok inside a lightweight rcp application. If we would like to go the native way (that is not having 100% pure java apps), I would rather try to embed dedicated GIS native technology. I would be very excited for example to have QGIS integrated with GeoTools: rendering with QGIS but either: - QGIS plugins written in Java (based on GeoTools, and integrating with Java backends such as GeoServer...) - or this rendering component being embedded in, say, an RCP app ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
