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===Naming Your Application===
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Not yet implemented. The HTML title could be used to mimic a minimal application naming.
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===Display Life Cycle===
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Similar, but the display lives as long as the browser session is active.
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===Events and Listeners===
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Will be implemented.
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===Event Filters.===
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Not yet implemented. Quote SWT book: "Filters are Powerful and Dangerous".
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One of the standard use cases for event filtering - large numbers of events - are not a good idea for RWT because of the distributed nature of RAP (and associated network latency).
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===Runnable "Execs".===
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Not yet implemented. Async exec requires some effort on the RWT side, as the client needs to be informed of UI changes. As http is a stateless protocol with request/response pushing of data is not intended by the creators of the protocol. There are two workarounds:
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* Polling (the client polls the server regulary while an async exec is running)
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* so called Comet - a http response is kept open / alive and can be used to push data to the browser. Latest developments in java servers promise to implement Comet with minimal overhead (Jetty, Glassfish).
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===The Event Loop.===
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===Multithreaded Programming.===
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===Timers.===
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===Putting It All Together: Multithreading, Timers, Events, and the Event Loop.===
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===Monitors, Bounds, and Client Area.===
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===The Active Shell, All Shells, and Focus Control.===
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===Cursor Control and Location.===
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===Display Depth and DPI.===
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===Updating the Display.===
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===Application Data.===
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===Coordinate Mapping and Mirroring.===
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===Miscellaneous.===
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