Revision as of 06:40, 8 July 2009

What it is?

XWT is a declarative UI designed for Eclipse. It is a powerful and lightweight framework. It uses XML as UI markup language.

XWT simplifies UI programming. You can create visible UI elements in the declarative XML markup with a physical separation of the UI definition from the run-time logic. An XML based declarative language is very intuitive for creating interfaces ranging from prototype to production, especially for people with a background in web design and technologies.

Overview

Getting started

Here is a simple example.

<Shell xmlns="http://www.eclipse.org/xwt/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://www.eclipse.org/xwt">
    <Shell.layout>
       <FillLayout/>
    </Shell.layout>
    <Button text="Hello, world!">
    </Button>
</Shell>

The same UI can be developed in Java corresponding:

Shell parent = new Shell();
parent.setLayout(new FillLayout());
Button button = new Button(parent, SWT.NONE);
button.setText("Hello, world!");

To load and start a simple application, we use the class XWT:

Shell shell = XWT.load(file).getShell();
shell.pack();
shell.open();
while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
   if (!shell.getDisplay().readAndDispatch()) {
	shell.getDisplay().sleep();
   }
}

It is possible to load a UI resource under a Composite:

XWT.load(parent, uri);

Tutorial: Hello, world!

Webdemo: Getting started!

Event Handling

Integration with existing application

Binding and Data Binding

Reusable Component

This tutorial will shows how to develop a reusable UI component.

Concepts

HowTos

How to develop a reusable component