Re: Is it time to abandon SWIXML?

kate rhodes wrote:
> Swixml uses reflection and it treats all the objects the same way.
> JInternalFrames get treated no differently. There are many objects whose 
> contents you have to fill with java and can't be populated with XML. I 
> haven't worked with JInternalFrames so I can't really comment on them 
> but I can tell you that if it supports them at all it supports them 
> correctly because it is too simple in it's implementation NOT to. That 
> simplicity being one of it's main features and the thing that makes it 
> work so well and consistently across objects.

Hello there,

I fully agree with kate.

> 
> I'm not sure what you mean by "the last panel from the XML" so I can't 
> really help on that.
> 
>>
>> Has the implementation of <internalframe> been tested successfully or 
>> not?   Has anyone had any success with this tag or not?

Yes, I did have success with internalframe. It was only a "proof of 
concept" and will work with the all (my) new code only with some changes 
but it worked perfectly some time ago.

 >> I am ready
>> to abandon swixml and re-invent the wheel.
>>

Perhaps you can provide us with the xml file(s) not working? Like kate 
said, there is nothing special about the internalframe support in 
swixml. If there is a problem, some misbehaviour would be visible 
somewhere else too...

Frank



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