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Hej everybody!
I'm looking for a way to load, show and access (means: read and possibly edit) HTML forms in Java. In .NET, I can do all this by the WebBrowser class (e.g. access every single form by webbrowser.Document.GetElementById()).
Is there a alternativ to JavaFX for doing so in Java? And if not, does anybody know some _good_ example code for that stuff in JavaFX? JavaFX' miserable documentation makes me cry! :D
Thanks a lot!
I do dislike these comparisons to .NET.
.NET is wired into the OS and all other Microsoft software, so it's not surprising it has something that can access a web browser (ie IE).
Expecting the same thing from Java out of the box is like expecting to be able to do this with C++ out of the box.
Anyway, are you asking for a Java-based web browser or what?
Hej!
Yeah, I know that .Net is a lot closer to Windows that Java. But to be honest, I don't care about that, I just want a good working, easy to handle, fast codable solution.
I just hoped that Java could offer something similar, so that I wouln't have to use my crappy Windows-PC at work ;).
However, you're right, I'm looking for a Java-based browser module by which I could load html forms and read their values.
I found JavaFX suit those requirements, but the few example codes I found all needed lots of Javascript in their html, which means to much work for my project (compared to the alternative in .Net).
It's just annoying that I have to code on Windows for it...
So if anyone knows some examples without (or little) Javascript, please post!
I'm still not sure what you are trying to get.
Assuming it is just the <form> then an html parser of some sort would make sense.
You mention JavaFX, but that's a GUI engine, so are you looking at displaying this?
For example:
What would you be looking to do witht he above html page?Code:<html>
<body>
<form id="someForm">
<p> This is a form</p>
<input type="text" name="someField"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>