Hi, Though what you are saying is perfectly right there are on going efforts in Eclipse 4.x (short e4) to provide an SWT-implementation for RIA toolkits like GWT, Flex, ... .
Tom DaBlick schrieb: > GWT gets translated to Javascript. > > Now, you might argue "So? I heard Swing is pure Java. Why can't > SWING by translated by the compiler to JS?" > > The answer is because while Swing is pure Java, it is layered on top > of AWT which is anything BUT pure Java. > > Thinking SWT? Don't go there. Like Swing it also uses native methods > (real "native" methods (calls to C code), not JSNI) too. > > Where Swing and SWT ultimately make calls to native heavyweight > platform specific components, GWT makes calls to the browsers dom > handling interfaces via Javascript. > > db > > On Jan 10, 2:31 pm, "mikedshaf...@gmail.com" <mikedshaf...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> OK, one of the things that you have to wrap your head around is how >> GWT works. You write GWT using Java, but then the GWT compiler >> "converts" this into Javascript & HTML. It can only do this to Java >> that it specifically knows about. Your Swing JLabel component is not >> something GWT understands and therefore it can't compile it out into >> Javascript. The strength of GWT is that you develop in Java, but if >> your code is going to be run in the browser, it has to be Java that is >> compatible with the GWT Compiler. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Later, >> >> Shaffer >> >> On Jan 10, 1:32 am, mars <marsg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>> hi, all >>> >>> i m developing an gwt(actually gwt-ext) application, and need to use >>> an external package which is mainly written with java awt and javax >>> swing. when i try to add that swing component to gwt panel, it won't >>> pass through.... my question is 'does gwt work with swing'? >>> >>> my code is as below: >>> >>> ChartViewer viewer = new ChartViewer(); (ChartViewer is a >>> subclass of the SWING JLabel component.) >>> >>> createChart(viewer, 0); >>> VerticalPanel mainPanel = new VerticalPanel(); >>> mainPanel.add(viewer); <--- this one won't pass >>> through.... >>> >>> please give me some help. thanks!!!!! >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to Google-Web-Toolkit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
