On 12/8/09, Paul Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Vikas wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I know this is not possible in plain gwt, but I'm just curious to know > > that is there any add-on tools by using we can translate swing > > application to GWT compatible code? > > > > We feel there must be something because reason behind developing GWT > > application in java is that already there are so many swing based > > application which are now want to migrate web based. > > > > I've already tried AjaxSwing which is completely different framework. > > > > Thanks, > > Vikas > > > > > No, and I doubt it would ever be possible in any meaningful way. Even if > you ignore the way swing has direct access to the underlying windows via > a per-platform awt implementation, you'd still have the problem that > swing UIs have full java usage rather than a limited set of translatable > classes. This means stuff like database access, socket code, messaging, > multi-threaded code etc. You could never handle all of this. > > The whole thing has such a different mentality that it's hard to see how > this would ever be achieved beyond very simple apps. > > Google have consistently said that the reason behind Java as their > choice for GWT was the tools available for it. The fact that there are > existing swing UIs is coincidental. > > Paul > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Web Toolkit" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-web-toolkit%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. > > >
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