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Re: [e4-dev] Does that mean SWT only exist in desktop ?

It is very interesting. It gives an idea to translate dynamically the XWT
UI resource to js in the runtime or offline.

yves
> FYI:
>
> Java2Script ( http://j2s.sourceforge.net/ ) also has ported SWT library
> for
> web browser. You can convert SWT standalone application into web
> application
> using Java2Script plugin.
>
> SWT Control Example: http://demo.java2script.org/controls/
> Online web IM services: http://webuzz.im/
>
> Regards,
> Zhou Renjian
>
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>
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:37 AM, Ivan Ooi <olibralo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>   Thanks for the reply. sorry about that. Ya, RAP are filling the gape
>> for
>> this area. Sorry, I forgot about RAP project. This is great....
>> About RAP, Can I simply use RWT instead of RCP ? Sorry for my stupid
>> questions...
>>
>> Thanks again! Good to hear that SWT now exist in Web platform as well.
>> Best
>> is it use back Java language.
>>
>> Oh ya! can I use Java in RWT client side for logic ?
>>
>> Thanks and Best Regards,
>> Ivan
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 2:28 AM, Benjamin Muskalla <
>> bmuskalla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> as Lars already pointed out, the RAP project already allows you to
>>> single-source your existing code to bring your RCP application to the
>>> web
>>> (see eclipse.org/rap ). The problems Tom mentioned are real, but only
>>> some of them. Eg. the event-loop is part of RAP for several releases
>>> and has
>>> proven to work efficiently in a server-centric environment. Operating
>>> system
>>> resources are available too (eg. Fonts, Cursors, etc). The only missing
>>> part
>>> is a proper GC implementation which heavily relies on the capabilities
>>> of
>>> modern browsers but depending on your task at hand you could use the
>>> RAP
>>> theming to customize the look and feel of the application (eg. roundend
>>> corners or gradients).
>>>
>>> Hope that helps,
>>>  Ben
>>>
>>> Ivan Ooi wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>   But.... we can't port our existing code over :-( at least in certain
>>>> percentage or degree .. :-(
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 7:33 AM, <yves.yang@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:
>>>> yves.yang@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Tom Schindl
>>>>     > <tom.schindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>    <mailto:tom.schindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     >
>>>>     >> Hi,
>>>>     >>
>>>>     >> Doing a full SWT-Port for the Web is a very hard task because
>>>>    some of
>>>>     >> the concepts in SWT can't be emulated easily on the browser:
>>>>     >>
>>>>     >> * Event-Loop: Todays browser though HTML5 brings webworkers are
>>>>    still
>>>>     >>  single threaded and so you can't e.g open blocking dialogs
>>>> like
>>>> you
>>>>     >>  do in SWT => SWT would have to introduce API with callbacks so
>>>>     >>  that one could write single-source code.
>>>>     >>
>>>>     >>  An example might make this clear:
>>>>     >>
>>>>     >>  Today:
>>>>     >>  ----------8<----------
>>>>     >>  MessageBox msg = new MessageBox(parent,SWT.ICON_ERROR);
>>>>     >>  msg.setText("I'm the message");
>>>>     >>  msg.open();  // Blocking call
>>>>     >>  System.out.println("I'm running after dialog closed");
>>>>     >>  ----------8<----------
>>>>     >>
>>>>     >>  In Future:
>>>>     >>  ----------8<----------
>>>>     >>  MessageBox msg = new MessageBox(parent,SWT.ICON_ERROR);
>>>>     >>  msg.setText("I'm the message");
>>>>     >>  msg.open(new Runnable() {
>>>>     >>    public void run() {
>>>>     >>      System.out.println("I'm running after dialog closed");
>>>>     >>    }
>>>>     >>  });
>>>>
>>>>    It is exactly one of benefice of using XWT: physical separation
>>>> between
>>>>    event handling and UI. XWT can manage the both cases transparently.
>>>>    We can
>>>>    define the event handling policy (sync, async and delayed async)
>>>> between
>>>>    declarative UI and event handling based on Java Handling, Bundle
>>>>    service,
>>>>    web service etc.
>>>>
>>>>    yves
>>>>
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