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Hello, I would like to suggest an improvement to the JDK by enhancing the java parser with JFX syntax, especially the subpart of JFX which enables to describe declaratively a GUI. Why doing this? It could be used to describe easily : * a GUI in SWT * a GUI with GWT Of course the java version will not be "standard" but it could be very useful for doing many things in the future, for instance migrating from the RDA eclipse framework to a RIA eclipse framework. I explain ; imagine on the server side an eclipse RSP (Rich server plateform) which focuses on plugin management, automatic update, but also the domain part of an application. Imagine then on the client side the ability to display perspectives, views, editors in web browser through javascript... Obviously we don't want to describe eclipse in javascript, but like for GWT, to describe our window in java, and let Eclipse making the job for translating all the perspectives, views, .., in html/javascript/ajax. But using the extended java+fx language, it could be very easy to develop rich applications with Eclipse!!! I think that is the right future for Eclipse, and it is the paradigm that silverlight or Adobe AIR envisage.... But Eclipse has a great advantage!!! Eclipse is an application framework, like J2EE is for classic web development!!! RDA and RIA have to merge in the future, and we need for this a language which must combine imperative and declarative aspects for not having to handle several languages (html, wml, javascript, java, ....) to develop application. The corner stone of the success is the homogeneity of the development, and using only one language is the success key. best regards Xavier
