Professional Java Native Interfaces with SWT / JFace

Professional Java Native Interfaces takes a solutions-based approach in showing how SWT/JFace works, discussing each common component, providing useful, practical ideas, tips and techniques to make the Java developers' work easier. The author provides relevant and timely examples, both stand-alone applications and smaller code snippets that readers can incorporate into their own code. To provide a truly real-world quality, the author builds an email/ftp client sample application to show readers how to combine everything into a presentable Java native UI application.

About the Author. Introduction. Part I: Fundamentals. Chapter 1: Overview of Java UI Toolkits and SWT/Jface. Chapter 2: SWT/JFace Mechanisms. Chapter 3: Jump Start with SWT/Jface. Chapter 4: SWT Event Handling, Threading, and Displays. Chapter 5: Basic SWT Widgets. Chapter 6: Layouts. Part II: Design Basics. Chapter 7: Combos and Lists. Chapter 8: Text Controls. Chapter 9: Menus, Toolbars, Cool Bars, and Actions. Chapter 10: Tables. Chapter 11: Trees. Chapter 12: Dialogs. Part III: Dynamic Controls. Chapter 13: Scales, Sliders, and Progress Bars. Chapter 14: Other Important SWT Components. Chapter 15: SWT Graphics and Image Handling. Chapter 16: Drag and Drop and the Clipboard. Chapter 17: Printing. Chapter 18: JFace Windows and Dialogs. Part IV: Application Development. Chapter 19: JFace Wizards. Chapter 20: Creating a Text Editor with JFace Text. Chapter 21: Eclipse Forms. Chapter 22: Programming OLE in Windows. Chapter 23: Drawing Diagrams with Draw2D. Chapter 24: Sample Application. Index.