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Community Corner Podcast: Interview with Jan Haderka and Alex Potochkin of the SwingLabs Project

Posted by editor on July 15, 2009 at 7:06 AM PDT

At JavaOne, Jim Wright interviewed SwingLabs project members Jan Haderka and Alex Potochkin in a java.net Community Corner podcast. The 16-minute interview covered current development efforts in the SwingLabs project and subprojects, including SwingX.

First, Jan announced that Alex is taking over leadership of the project from Richard Bair. Alex noted that the many SwingLabs subprojects are actually independently managed, and the great work the subproject leaders have done makes his role as leader of the umbrella SwingLabs project much easier.

The SwingLabs project is intended as a playground for development of future Swing-related components and capabilities. Multiple elements that were originally developed in SwingLabs projects have been incorporated into Java 6 and JDK 7.

In addition to SwingX, the jxlayer subproject was highlighted in the interview. Jxlayer, a universal decorator for Swing components, is among the subprojects which have contributed to the broader Java releases.

Significant development is also happening in the swingx-ws subproject. Swingx-ws addresses web-oriented tasks using JavaBeans and Swing.

The SwingLabs project is seeking new contributors. You can assist with one of the existing subprojects, or start a new incubator project. Visit the SwingLabs project site to learn more about the project and subprojects, and find out how you can contribute.

You can find all this year's java.net Community Corner podcasts as they are published on the JavaOne Community Corner Podcast page.


In Java Today, the Mobile and Embedded Community is featuring three new items. The first is Developing Content with JavaFX Mobile, Java ME, and the Messaging API (JSR 205): "One of the questions every time a new technology appears is "How can I integrate this technology with my existing applications?" This article shows you how to use the JavaFX mobile user interface with existing Java ME APIs and, in particular, the Messaging API (JSR 205). You will build two applications: one will create and send the message, and the second application will receive the message..."

The second is Working with Bluetooth and GPS: Follow-up: 'The "Working with Bluetooth and GPS" series on the Bluetooth API (JSR 82) spawned a number of questions, which author Bruce Hopkins addresses in this follow-up tech tip...'

The third is Prototype of Java ME SDK on Mac and Linux: "If you have missed Java ONE, you can see a short screencast showing something that Tomas presented: Java Platform Micro Edition Software Development Kit Prototype running on Mac OS X. (direct link to a HD .mov video, 22.8 MB, 3 minutes)..."


In today's Weblogs, Terrence Barr notes JavaOne Sessions & Hands-on-Labs now online: "Just a quick note: Many of the technical sessions and Hands-on-Labs for JavaOne 2009 have now been posted online - free to download. Find it all on SDN. Enjoy."

Kirill Grouchnikov announces the Trident 1.0 official release: "Announcing the first official release of Trident animation library for Java applications. I am thrilled today to announce the availability of the final release for version 1.0 of Trident animation library for Java applications (code-named Acumen). Trident aims to simplify the development of rich animation effects in Java based UI applications, addressing both simple and complex scenarios - and you can read the available documentation in the project Wiki."

And Ed Burns reports on his Brief interview with Cay Horstmann, author of Core JSF, on 20090602 at JavaOne: "Summary of a JavaOne hallway conversation about JSF: it's gotten a lot better. I had a brief conversation with Cay Horstmann during JavaOne at which I was eager to hear his list of gripes about JSF..."


In the Forums, elaltaico asks how to make a panel nonscrollable: "Hello. I do develop applications for Nokia mobilephones and I use LWUIT design to design my application.I have two panels inside one panel. Third panel is full of buttons which are inserted one under other. There are some data at fourth panel. When I go to next button at third panel, also third panel goes next line. It means user can't see other line when I go to next button. Because third panel and fourth panel are BoxLayouts (Y_AXIS). I want to make fourth panel stable. I meant when user goes to next button, fourth panel will remain as it remains before I am going to next button. It means I want fourth panel to stay as it should be..."

jagwire has questions regarding Data inside ClientConnectionHandler: "Hello, I have a ClientConnectionHandler I'm using to map WonderlandClientIDs, WonderlandClientSenders, and CallIDs from the voicebridge. The problem is, I'm grabbing the sender and ClientIDs from messageReceived() and (trying to) putting them inside a hashmap, but when I try to grab them back out of the hashmap, I get null values. There's been talk that it might be an issue with ManagedObjects. I've looked into it, but I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing. Does anyone have any ideas?..."

And falnik has a WebService encryption problem: "Hi, I'm having a tough time trying to encrypt a WebService I'm developing. I'm using NetBeans 6.5.1. The WebService is using the Mutual Certificates security mechanism; I generated both the client and server keys/certificates and set them on both sides. When I'm accessing this WebService from an application that is deployed on the same machine, it works perfectly. But when I try to access it from an another computer, it doesn't seem to work. I'm receiving this message(server side): WSS1913: Key used to decrypt EncryptedKey cannot be null ..."


The current Spotlight is "Podcast: Global Software Engineering Class Teaches FOSS Development Techniques": "Educator Dragutin Petkovic talks with java.net's Gary Thompson in this java.net Community Corner 2009 podcast recorded at JavaOne, presenting a synopsis of a Global Software Engineering class. The class is designed based on Dragutin's years of experience of teaching jointly at San Francisco State University (SFSU), the University of Applied Sciences, Fulda University, Germany, and recently with Florida Atlantic University (FAU). The class uses numerous Free and Open Source Software tools and teaches FOSS development techniques."


The new java.net Poll asks "What's the most significant new feature in NetBeans 6.7?". The poll will run through Thursday.


Our Feature Articles include two new articles today. Francesco Azzola's Integrating JavaFX with JavaEE Using Spring and Hessian Protocol shows how a JavaFX client can call remote JavaEE services using the Spring framework and the Hessian protocol. Atif Razzaq's Getting Started with BlackBerry J2ME Development teaches you how to set up a development environment for BlackBerry applications, using three sample applications to demonstrate how to get started.


The latest Java Mobility Podcast is Java Mobility Podcast 82: M3DD/LA: a conversation with the organizers of Mobile, Media, and eMbedded Developer Days/Latin America in Goiania, Brazil. OpenJDK Podcast is The latest JavaOne Community Corner Podcast is


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