Hello,
Sun Microsystems has published an article about
Nexaweb's Java XUL offering called XCS short for XML
Client/Service.
The paper states:
The XCS platform from Nexaweb combines the best of
client/server, web, and XML web services into a
unified software layer. J2EE web applications can now
offer rich clients that are better than those from
.NET: visually and functionally rich, high
performance, enterprise-class messaging, yet zero
install and deployable to any browser, desktop, or
J2ME device.
*** Nexaweb XCS Client: a Zero-Install Thin Client
with 150-KB Footprint
The client is based on Java Development Kit (JDK)
1.1 and is compatible with J2ME. As a result, it can
run on all 4.0+ browsers and high-end J2ME devices.
This lightweight engine is tuned to enable
high-performance XML client applications. All within
the 150-KB footprint, it includes:
* XML parser
* XML rendering engine
* Full GUI toolkit independent of Swing and AWT with
over 40 UI widgets
* Reliable messaging
* and more
Now if you wonder what the Nexaweb XUL dialect looks
like, here's a sample:
<dialog height="212" title="Sample Form" width="275">
<layoutmanager layout="nulllayout"/>
<tabbox borderstyle="null" height="168"
width="248" x="8" y="8">
<tab text="tabPage1">
<panel>
<layoutmanager layout="nulllayout"/>
<label height="23" text="Please Enter Your
Card
Number Below:" width="224" x="6" y="24"/>
<textbox height="20" text="" width="216"
x="8" y="48"/>
<button height="25" text="OK" width="60"
x="170" y="100"/>
</panel>
</tab>
<tab text="tabPage2"/>
</tabbox>
</dialog>
Full story @
http://developers.sun.com/prodtech/javatools/jsstandard/reference/techart/nexaweb.html
What's your take on Nexaweb's XCS offering? How does
it compare to alternative XUL toolkits in Java such as
Vexi, SwiXml, Beryl, Luxor, Xoetrope and so on. Please
post your comments and thoughts to xul-talk.
- Gerald
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