SwingLabs

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swingLabs
Other namesSwingX
Developer(s) Sun
Final release
1.6.5-1 / 27 Feb 2013
Written in Java
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Widget library
License LGPL
Website java.net/projects/swinglabs/

swingLabs is a discontinued [1] open-source project developed by Sun Microsystems proposing extensions to the Java Swing GUI toolkit. Available components included:

Contents

The aim of the project was to experiment new or enhanced GUI functionalities that are required by Rich client applications. It acted as a testbed for ideas related to client side technologies.

Integration into Java API

Some successful project components were eventually incorporated into the core Swing toolkit for future Java versions, although API compatibility was not guaranteed. Examples of these are:

Sub-projects

The swingLabs project was divided into several sub-projects. For example:

Project status

During the sunsetting of java.net in 2017, [3] [4] the public repository for SwingLabs was deleted, effectively terminating the SwingLabs project. [1] Several repositories containing snapshots of the final development version of SwingLabs (1.6.6-SNAPSHOT) do exist. [5] [6] [7] [8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "java - What is the status of SwingLabs (SwingX) post acquisition". Stack Overflow. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
  2. GroupLayout was initially developed in conjunction with Matisse, the GUI builder of NetBeans.
  3. "The 'Sunsetting' of Kenai and java.net -". ADTmag. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
  4. "Java.net Maintenance outage". java.net . 28 April 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2022. We're sorry the java.net site has closed. Most Open Source projects previously hosted on java.net have been relocated. Please contact the corresponding project administrator for relocation information.
  5. Rotenberg, Aaron (18 March 2025). "arotenberg/swingx".
  6. Bourg, Emmanuel (3 July 2024). "ebourg/swingx".
  7. "RockManJoe64/swingx". 7 December 2024.
  8. "wumpz/swingx". 27 October 2024.