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The Graphical Editing Framework (GEF) project provides technology to realize rich graphical editors and views. It is currently developed in two streams, namely:
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The [http://www.eclipse.org/gef/ Graphical Editing Framework (GEF)] provides framework technology to create rich graphical applications, standalone as well as integrated with the Eclipse Workbench UI, as well as end-user tools in terms of a [http://www.graphviz.org Graphiz] DOT authoring component ([[GEF/GEF4/DOT/User_Guide|DOT]]) and a tag cloud renderer component ([[GEF/GEF4/Cloudio/User_Guide|Cloudio]]).
  
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The current [[GEF/GEF4|GEF4]] production components are: [[GEF/GEF4/Common|Common]], [[GEF/GEF4/Geometry|Geometry]], [[GEF/GEF4/FX|FX]], [[GEF/GEF4/MVC|MVC]], [[GEF/GEF4/Graph|Graph]], [[GEF/GEF4/Layout|Layout]], [[GEF/GEF4/Zest|Zest]], [[GEF/GEF4/DOT|DOT]], and [[GEF/GEF4/Cloudio|Cloudio]]). They are lightweight by intention and (with the exception of Cloudio) are based on [http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/javase-clienttechnologies.htm JavaFX] as a modern rich-client rendering technology.
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While the original project components Draw2d 3.x, GEF (MVC) 3.x, and Zest 1.x are still maintained, they will not be developed further. Our main development effort is spent on the next generation [[GEF/GEF4 | GEF4]] components.
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The legacy production components [https://www.eclipse.org/gef/draw2d/index.php Draw2d 3.x], [https://www.eclipse.org/gef/gef_mvc/index.php GEF (MVC) 3.x], and [https://www.eclipse.org/gef/zest/index.php|Zest 1.x] are still maintained but will not be developed further. As they are still an integral part of the Eclipse ecosystem we continue to provide service releases but will not fix any issues that require to break its API.
  
 
=== General Information for GEF Adopters and Contributors/Committers ===
 
=== General Information for GEF Adopters and Contributors/Committers ===

Revision as of 17:34, 7 June 2016

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The Graphical Editing Framework (GEF) provides framework technology to create rich graphical applications, standalone as well as integrated with the Eclipse Workbench UI, as well as end-user tools in terms of a Graphiz DOT authoring component (DOT) and a tag cloud renderer component (Cloudio).

The current GEF4 production components are: Common, Geometry, FX, MVC, Graph, Layout, Zest, DOT, and Cloudio). They are lightweight by intention and (with the exception of Cloudio) are based on JavaFX as a modern rich-client rendering technology.

The legacy production components Draw2d 3.x, GEF (MVC) 3.x, and 1.x are still maintained but will not be developed further. As they are still an integral part of the Eclipse ecosystem we continue to provide service releases but will not fix any issues that require to break its API.

General Information for GEF Adopters and Contributors/Committers

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