jdk8-demo-swingset2-redux ReadMe

jdk8-demo:swingset2-redux is a standalone update and reorganization of the swingset2 demo(s) from the JDK samples¹ for maven², since they are still useful as a reference for using the various Swing package classes which are still available newer JDKs.

Prerequistes

• JDK 8 or 9+ with the java.desktop module.

Building with Maven

Running maven's package plugin will complile a self-contained swingset2-redux-VERSION.jar file in the target directory.

Pre-installed

Most Java development envronments will already have maven (mvn) avilable in the command line.

mvn package

Wrapper Scripts

Unix(like) system shell

./mvnw package

Windows Command (batch) shell

mvnw.cmd package

Running

java -jar target/swingset2-redux-VERSION.jar

Modifications

Build system

• Replaced netbeans/ant with 'maven'.
• Rearranged source and resources into Maven layout including a Project Object Model (pom.xml).
• Added Maven wrapper plugin³ scripts.

Sources

Only minimal changes have been made to the original source as noted, leaving the original code and style in place including static code warnings for serialization, non-final fields, etc.

Deprecated Applet Removal

• Removed SwingSet2Applet.java and SwingSet2.html applet plugin HTML page.
• Removed SwingSet2Applet field, ctor arguments, getters, and checks from SwingSet2.java.

Versions

• 1.0-SNAPSHOT curent WIP.

Files and Directories

• artifacts contains non-source related documentation located in the same path locations from the original demo directory.
• artifacts/demo/java-dot-com-slash-bsd-license.txt: text of the URL as referred to by artifacts/demo/DEMOS_LICENSE
• artifacts/IntelliJ/runConfigurations: IntelliJ IDE run configs.
• src: standard maven source and resources layout.

References

Footnotes

1. Java SE Development Kit 8 Demos and Samples ↩

2. maven ↩

3. Maven Wrapper ↩