Rachit Siamwalla wrote:
>
> > Agreed, Swing JFC is one of the best API design ever. Java 2D/ DnD is excellent
> > and JMF appears to be well though out. I await Java Sound with baited breath.
> >
>
> I don't 100% agree with the comment about JFC. Some things in JFC are
> well written like the JTree and the JTable and the Text components. But
> the rest seem slapped together and hard to customize without creating
> your own components. Another thing is it is scary how slow they seem to
> fix problems. I heard from someone who went to JavaOne last year that
> they have 10 people devoted to Swing. How long has JFC came out? A lot
> of repeatable problems have not been fixed. This is amazingly bad. What
> have they been doing? The interface hasn't changed significantly. All
> there is to do is fix thier bugs. Oh well...
I can't even go that far since JTable has its own problems. Like you
mentioned its hard to customize without creating your own component and
its also almost useless for data entry. In general the whole thing is
missing so much basical functionality that you end up spending all your
time subclassing their components. Little things like the simplest of
data validation (limiting the number of characters entered for instance)
require you to write code when it should be basic functionality of the
component.
I think they've had to spend *way* too much time on getting the whole
switchable look and feel working and in doing so have left out basic
functionality. Its also so complicated its hard to subclass and get
control of the behaviour when you need to (and I also suspect this is
the source of the bugs and why they can't fix them). They should have
just worked on a light weight set of components with a rich set of
functionality and a nice look and feel. AWT is bad because it relies
on the underlying graphics lib which creates subtle differences in
functionality between operating systems but JFC seems to be just as bad
by trying to cater to everyone they have made a system not very good
for anyone.
If its not obvious, I've been working with Swing for a while now and had
nothing but frustration. 8^)
Rant mode off.
Are there other options out there?
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