[news.eclipse.technology.albireo] Re: For Starters...

[Gordon Hirsch <gordon.hirsch@xxxxxxx>]

We subclassed the Swing JTable class and added a lot of functionality. 
I'm not sure if there are features in the plain old JTable that don't 
map to SWT/JFace (but I suspect there are). In any case, it's not just a 
question of Swing vs SWT; it's a question of reusing a specialized Swing 
component.

Cklewis wrote:
> I was just wondering, what did your company like or need from swing 
> tables that wasn't available from SWT tables + JFace table controls?
>
> Gordon Hirsch wrote:
> > First, a couple of pointers:
> >
> > Albireo proposal: http://www.eclipse.org/proposals/albireo/
> > Wiki page: http://wiki.eclipse.org/Albireo_Project
> >
> > The wiki page has very little content today, but it will grow over 
> > time. Add it to your watchlist if you are interested in this proposed 
> > project.
> >
> > The existing proposal lists a some specific features for Albireo, but 
> > it's not meant to be exhaustive.
> >
> > We'd love to hear about what you are doing with Swing/SWT integration. 
> > What are the problems you have faced? Were you able to solve them? If 
> > so, how? In general, what would you like to see a project like Albireo 
> > provide?
> >
> > In any case we'd like to know if you support this project, either here 
> > or via e-mail. (Better still, how about participating? :-))
> >
> > This information will help us validate and improve the proposal, and 
> > hopefully help make the project something that is useful to a wide 
> > audience.