Generate Applet from XML file

[parag_patil]

Hi,

I want to generate applet from the xml file. XML file will contain the field type and its validation, which will be parsed while loading the applet and accordingly the applet will be generated.
Anybody have any idea of framework that does this.For your reference I have specified the xml sample which is parsed to generate applet.

<applet name="ABC">
<Field1 type="dropdown" required="1" readonly="0" options="Array" defaultvalue="">
<label> Option Type
<option name="Val1">Val1</option>
<option name="Val2">Val2</option>
</label>
</Field1>

<Field2 type="dropdown" required="1" readonly="0" options="Array" defaultvalue="">
<label> Field2
<option name="Val1">Val1</option>
<option name="Val2">Val2</option>
</label>
</Field2>

<Field3 type="text" maxlength="15" validate="Int" required="1" readonly="0" size="15" >
<label>Field3</label>
</Field3>

<ExpiryDate type="date" required="1" readonly="0" showtime="0" defaultvalue_sel="today" defaultvalue="today" size="15">
<label>Expiry Date</label>
</ExpiryDate>


</applet>

So above xml file will be parsed and the desired applet should be genrated.

[travishein]

I have used the SwiXML library in the past for creating XML designed Swing UI components. such as a dialog box, where I wanted its look and behavior to be entirely data driven. I remember at the time the swixml being very easy to extend, such as to add custom tags for things that I wanted to be displayed that it at the time did not support. So it should be possible to build an applet. You might need to create a wrapper stub applet class though that boots up as an an applet and then url fetches the XML file. e.g. it might be more practical to create a generic player kind of applet, where your XML driven UI generates a Panel that is the main content and function of this applet.

[Eranga]

This topic is a new one for me. Last night I saw this and search on Google and I found this. travishein, have you seen that before?

[travishein]

No, I hadn't seen that. looks neat. Thanks!

[Eranga]

Yeah. Sounds good. But I've never use it. I want to test with a real application and see. :)

[parag_patil]

Hi,

Thanks for letting me know about swixml. I think xul has some issues with IE and chrome, moreover the XForms do not run on Internet explorer. Initially I thought to go with XUL but as I said it has lots of issues as far as browser compatibility is concerned. Thats what I think. Anyway, thanks for the help.

Regards

[Eranga]

I'm not sure about the chrome. But with IE 7 I've some issues with rendering. I try to add some CSS files but styles are not properly added there.

[Eranga]

I'll go through it later, and I want to test with IE 8.

[Eranga]

One more thing I want to pointed, and forget it before.

If you have red only the article I've posted earlier, may confuse that how to deal with IE. Read the following, then you can have much better understanding.

Mark Finkle’s Weblog » XUL/E – What If

[Eranga]

One more thing I want to pointed, and forget it before.

If you have red only the article I've posted earlier, may confuse that how to deal with IE. Read the following, then you can have much better understanding.

Mark Finkle’s Weblog » XUL/E – What If

[cultclassic]

FireFox 4.0 beta does not support Remote XUL by default. Hope the add it in the final release.

[Eranga]

It could be, FF4 still in it's initial state. Most of the addons are not working properly.