Re: Matisse: using TableModelEditor in data-aware (real) applications

That is good news what you say, I was reading (rather browsing) this
JSR just while ago :)
However I cannot wait that long :(
Any idea how can I visually design JTables in Matisse?


2006/11/1, Wade Chandler <[email protected]>:
> lol already working on it and yes Swing is within the
> API  check out:
> http://swinglabs.dev.java.net
>
> JDNC used to be the API you are talking about, and it
> could be defined in markup.  It is being abandoned in
> favor of a new JSR see:
> http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=296
>
> Wade
>
> --- Witold Szczerba <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I am writing simple GUI application with JPA. Great
> > thing is that
> > Toplink and Derby are included in NB5.5 - everything
> > you need is right
> > there out of the box :)
> >
> > In my data frame, there is JTable showing records
> > from database. There
> > is nice table editor in Matisse, you can define
> > columns, but it seems
> > useless, because I have to override data model
> > anyway - my table is
> > loaded with data received from entity manager.
> >
> > Is there any way I could visually define my table
> > columns and use this
> > after replacing data model? Now I have just blank
> > rectangle because I
> > have to use my custom table model... it does not
> > seem to be the proper
> > way of using visual editor :(
> >
> > -josh
> >
> > p.s.
> > I think in the near future Swing should be replaced
> > by some other API
> > for creating desktop applications. I think this new
> > library/framework
> > could use Swing internally but it might be much much
> > more declarative
> > (annotations!). Defining things like table columns,
> > data sources and
> > binding could be finally resolved under one umbrella
> > :)
> >
>