Java-gnome

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Java-gnome
Initial release0.99 [1] / January 20, 1999
Stable release
4.1.3 [2] / May 5, 2013 (2013-05-05)
Repository
Written in C and Java
Operating system UNIX-like
Type GUI language bindings for java
License GNU General Public License with exception.
Website java-gnome.sourceforge.net

java-gnome is a set of language bindings for the Java programming language for use in the GNOME desktop environment. It is part of the official GNOME language bindings suite and provides a set of libraries allowing developers to write computer programs for GNOME using the Java programming language and the GTK cross-platform widget toolkit.

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Development

Originally released on 08.10.1999 as version 0.2, it included the first bindings for Gnome and GTK. Up until version 2.0, java-gnome was written by a project team. [3] The current version 4.0 was originally an internal project of Operational Dynamics, a change management consultancy group. [4]

From 1999, the so-called 2.X series was the main project. After being abandoned by the main team for a time, the project was given to a new developer in 2006, due to development problems that came from many maintenance issues. [5]

The last release of 2.0 versions (which continued the same project from version 0.2) was version 2.16.2 (called the 2.x series). The coverage of these series never made it past GTK 2.6. This update was declared as “end of life” for the old project and was no longer maintained, and any contribution patches for versions older than 4.0 are no longer accepted.

Both 2.0 and 4.0 updates have similar style of coding, while package spaces, classes, and method names are different. Internals of project were changed from version 4.0, so they can't be accessed publicly. [6]

Currently, the project is maintained by "Java-gnome hackers". The leader of this latest team is Andrew Cowie, one of the principal architects for the java-gnome project. [7] [8]

Functions

Java-gnome uses Java programming language and Java based class system for creation of GUI parts. Each implemented package has a different function; packages used in version 4.0 are: [9]

Support

Java-gnome is only supported in Linux and Unix distributions, unlike most other GTK bindings, that are supported by other systems. Distribution specific instructions are available for:

Semi-finished instructions are available for Open Solaris and Fedora Core Linux distributions.

Licensing

Java-gnome is free software released under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2. [10]

Example

To compile a java-gnome class it's necessary to add the gtk-4.1.jar jar in the classpath. The jar is available on Debian (and all Debian-based distributions) in the libjava-gnome-java [11] package, which can be found in the official repositories (the jar is installed under the /usr/share/java path).

java-gnome GtkExample GtkExample.png
java-gnome GtkExample
packageorg.wikipedia.javagnome.example;importorg.gnome.gdk.Event;importorg.gnome.gtk.Gtk;importorg.gnome.gtk.Widget;importorg.gnome.gtk.Window;importorg.gnome.gtk.WindowPosition;/** * Java-Gnome GTK Example * inspired official site java-gnome.sourceforge.net */publicclassGdkSimpleextendsWindow{publicGdkSimple(){setTitle("Example");connect((DeleteEvent)(source,event)->{Gtk.mainQuit();returnfalse;});setDefaultSize(250,150);setPosition(WindowPosition.CENTER);show();}publicstaticvoidmain(String[]args){Gtk.init(args);newGdkSimple();Gtk.main();}}

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References

  1. ↑ "Index of /web/20010202155200/http://java-gnome.sourceforge.net/News/news.html". Archived from the original on 2001-02-02.
  2. ↑ "Index of /pub/gnome/sources/java-gnome". ftp.gnome.org.
  3. ↑ For the current list of developers see AUTHORS
  4. ↑ java-gnome 4.0: About Archived 2009-07-21 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 2009-08-31.
  5. ↑ "java-gnome 2.x". 2007-03-03. Archived from the original on 2007-03-03. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
  6. ↑ "java-gnome 2.x". 2007-03-03. Archived from the original on 2007-03-03. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
  7. ↑ "Andrew Cowie in Launchpad". launchpad.net. 12 February 2008. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
  8. ↑ "AUTHORS". java-gnome.sourceforge.net. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
  9. ↑ "java-gnome 4.1.3 API Documentation". java-gnome.sourceforge.net. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
  10. ↑ . 2017-07-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20170704205150/http://research.operationaldynamics.com/bzr/java-gnome/mainline/COPYING. Archived from the original on 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2019-04-28.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ libjava-gnome-java package
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