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Coming Swing API Changes for Java TM 2 SDK, Standard Edition, v. 1.4
This document was generated by the Swing engineering team and is intended to bring Swing developers up to speed on API changes that will appear in the Java TM 2 SDK, Standard Edition, v. 1.4.
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CUSTOMIZING JTOOLTIPS
JToolTip is a Swing class that you use to provide a tip for a Swing component. When the mouse cursor is moved over the component, a short text message is displayed describing the function of the component.
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The Return Of The Java Client
When Java was first introduced, people thought in terms of applets--especially if the topic was e-business. Then disenchantment set in. Inconsistencies in applet behavior, immature development tools and the inherent limitations of ultra-thin clients turned many IT managers off to applets.
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JAVA FOUNDATION CLASSES (JFC)
Documentation
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Long Term Persistence of JavaBeans Components: XML Schemas
The persistence scheme added in v 1.4 uses instances of the XMLEncoder class to write out files representing JavaBeans components (beans). Every file written by XMLEncoder uses the same XML schema, regardless of the beans the file contains. In this document we describe this schema so that implementations other than XMLEncoder and its corresponding reader, XMLDecoder, can be used to write and read compatible files.
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Long Term Persistence of JavaBeans Components: XML Schemas
At JavaOne '99 we gave a preliminary talk on a new persistence model for Swing that would allow Swing user interfaces to be "serialized" as XML documents. As we found out from the BOF sessions after the talks, there was a great deal of interest in this topic, much of it on the more general problem of archiving graphs of JavaBeans as XML documents.
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Using XMLEncoder
This article covers advanced use of XMLEncoder, showing how it can be configured to create archives of any Java objects -- even when they don't follow the JavaBeans conventions. We include examples of how to make properties "transient" and how to create archives that call constructors with arguments, use static factory methods, and perform non-standard initialization steps. We also cover exception notification, the "owner" property (which can be used to a link an archive to the outside world), and methods for creating internationalized archives.
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Drag and Drop with Swing
This article focuses on drag and drop fundamentals. It is Part 1 of a two-part article on drag and drop with Swing. The second article will discuss Swing-specific considerations, including drag and drop between Swing components and native applications.
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