Hello,
Stefan Zeiger has released an Eclipse-licensed open source framework that lets you build Eclipse applications using XML.
Stefan writes:
NAF resource files (*.naf) are XML files which describe GUIs as a tree of Widget elements. Here is the simple hello.naf file used by HelloExample.java:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Shell title="HelloExample" resize="false"
xmlns="http://www.novocode.com/namespaces/naf";><Label text=" Hello, World ! " font="Arial Black, 0.5in" />
</Shell>
The first line is the usual header which is found in all XML files. The root element is named Shell which translates to the class com.novocode.naf.gui.NGShell. All elements in NAF resource files use the NAF namespace which is declared in the root element with the special xmlns attribute (xmlns="http://www.novocode.com/namespaces/naf";). The other attributes belong to the NGShell widget. Quite obviously, title sets the window's title and resize="false" makes the window non-resizable. The window contains only one widget, a Label (class com.novocode.naf.gui.NGLabel). The label's text is set with the text attribute. The font attribute specifies the font for the label (in this case Arial Black with a height of 0.5 inches). This attribute is available for all widgets but it may be ignored in some cases (e.g. the font specified on a Button will be used when the button is used as a Control but not when it is used as a MenuItem).
Note that no layout has been specified for the Shell in this example, so the default FillLayout will be used. This makes the Shell's client area the size of the Label.
Find out more @ http://www.novocode.com/naf
- Gerald
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