Java Ajax Frameworks 총정리
출처 : http://ajaxpatterns.org/Java_Ajax_Frameworks
Advanced Ajax tags : SweetDEV RIA
- Searchable Ajax Catalog (Hundreds of tutorial, scripts and Frameworks)
SweetDEV RIA contains widgets such as with Datagrid, Combo multiselect, Virtual window, Calendar, Click to open, Expand/Collapse, Excel export, client /server communication, Treeview.
SweetDEV RIA Demo Download SweetDEV RIA
To give an idea of the nature of these components, datagrid features include:
- Drag and drop columns resizing and organizing
- Automatic datagrid resizing
- Columns multisorting
- Line expand / collapse
- Excel Export
- Each cell of the datagrid can include a tag (calendar, combo, etc.)
Developers can continue development of applications in frameworks like Struts, because SweetDEV RIA widgets can plug into your JSP pages. JavaScript expertise if not necessary; usage of the RIA tags is enough.
SweetDEV RIA is available under Open Source Apache 2 License.
SweetDEV RIA by Ideo Technologies
ADF Faces (Apache Trinidad)
Based on a donation from the Oracle company to the Apache fondation, this is a graphical framework based on JSF model. You will have access to basic component or other feature like validators. For the moment, the project is in an incubation state.dwdsdsd
ADL(AJAX Dev Library) and AJAX tool In JoyiStar
AJAX Dev Library ADL Pack series is the extension package for Joyistar WebShop with more powerful function and beautiful UI. And also it's the standard AJAX library.
- Screencast
- Free for personal version
AjaxAnywhere (from September 2005)
AjaxAnywhere turns any set of existing JSP/JSF/Struts/Spring/etc.. components into AJAX-aware components without JavaScript coding. (Quick Start Demo).
- Does not break existing server-side MVC architecture.
- Less JavaScript to develop and to maintain. Absence of commonly accepted naming convention, formatting rules, patterns makes JavaScript code messier then Java/JSP. It is extremely difficult to debug and unit-test it in multi-browser environment. Get rid of all those complexities by using AjaxAnywhere.
- Easy to integrate. AjaxAnywhere does not require changing the underlying application code.
- Graceful degradation. Switch whenever you need between AJAX and traditional (refresh-all-page) behaviour of your web application. Your application can also support both behaviors.
- Open-source license zs3(
AJAX JSP Tag Library
The AJAX JSP Tag Library is a set of JSP tags that simplify the use of Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) technology in JavaServer Pages. This tag library eases development by not forcing J2EE developers to write the necessary JavaScript to implement an AJAX-capable web form.
- Autocomplete: Retrieves a list of values that matches the string entered in a text form field as the user types.
- Callout: Displays a callout or popup balloon, anchored to an HTML element with an onclick event.
- HTML Content Replace: Builds the JavaScript required to hook a content area (e.g., DIV tag) to a link, image, or other HTML element's onclick event.
- Portlet: Portlet-style capability from a AJAX-enabled JSP tag.
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- Select/dropdown: Based on a selection within a dropdown field, a second select field will be populated.
- Tab Panel: Enable an AJAX-based set of property pages.
- Toggle: Uses images to create either a single on/off toggle or a sequential rating system.
- Update Field: Updates one or more form field values based on response to text entered in another field.
- Area and Anchor: Shows how to AJAX-enable any area of your page
- Ajax DisplayTag: Shows how to AJAX-enable DisplayTag
- Open-source license by multiple contributors.
AjaxTags (a subcomponent of the Java Web Parts project)
Java Web Parts The AjaxTags component of the Java Web Parts project is a taglib that allows for very easy, purely declarative AJAX functions to be attached to any element on a page.
It is nice because it does not require you to change anything about your existing page, you can add AJAX features after the fact very easily. The taglib consists of two common tags, and two others that are less frequently used, which have one or two attributes apiece. Very simple! All you do is drop a tag directly after the element on the page you wish to AJAX-enable, configure an entry in an XML config file describing the AJAX event, and you're done! AjaxTags comes with a number of request and response "handlers" which provide common AJAX functions (i.e., construct XML from a form and submit it, update a div with the servers' response, execute returned populate a select, transform returned XML via XSLT, etc). It also has tremendous flexibility for you to create your own handlers to do other things, like transfrom the server's response via XSLT using Sarissa (this was a contributed custom handler which is now standard in AjaxTags). AjaxTags does not provide pre-made AJAX widgets as other libraries do, but it does provide the foundation to very easily and quickly build these (see the cookbook example of building Google Suggests with AjaxTags). AjaxTags also provides timed AJAX events, so you can continually refresh an iFrame for instance. AjaxTags is, in short, an exceedingly simple, powerful and flexible way to introduce AJAX into your applications without having to write ANY code yourself!
Ajax4jsf. AJAX for Java Server Faces Framework
Ajax4jsf is an open source framework that adds AJAX capability to existing JSF applications without using Javascript.
Ajax4jsf fully leverages the benefits of the JavaServer Faces framework including lifecycle, validation, and conversion facilities and management of static and dynamic resources. Using Ajax4jsf, rich components with built-in AJAX support and a highly customizable look-and-feel can easily be incorporated into JSF applications.
The framework is implemented using a component library that adds AJAX capability to your existing pages without needing to write any JavaScript code or needing to replace existing components with new AJAX widgets. Ajax4jsf enables page-wide AJAX support instead of the traditional component-wide support. This means you can define the event on the page that invokes an AJAX request and the areas of the page that should be synchronized with the JSF Component Tree after the AJAX request changes the data on the server according to the events fired on the client.
- Ajax4jsf Project Home Page
- Ajax4jsf Developer Guide.
- Exadel Visual Component Platform is based on the Ajax4jsf framework. See the demo.
- Released under Apache License, Version 2.0 by Exadel, Inc.
Ajax reusable GUI Classes and “loosely coupled” component based Framework
Raju’s GUI-API Ajax reusable GUI Classes are based on “patent pending” inventions, which let developers build easy to use and more flexible reusable GUI Classes than possible for traditional GUI Platforms such as Java/Swing or Windows/VC++.
- Developer's Guide Free for trial
- Technology summary
- Very Basic Tutorial for Developing a GUI Widget for GIS for a Newbie
- Tutorial for the technologies
- Proof for the inventions
To build superior online GUI applications than possible on the traditional GUI platforms, one needs superior GUI-API. Raju’s GUI framework offers simple and complete solution to build superior online applications. Raju's GUI-API will contain very lightweight and highly scalable GUI Classes. For example, fine-grained java-classes can be quickly composed to build GUI classes for larger components.
Although, component based processes are controversial, pioneer-soft strongly believes it invented a viable component oriented programming. The following web pages briefly summarizes the process:
- “Service access” to the interchangeable-parts for easy maintenance of the components/application
The basic proof is not complex: If the product-makers (e.g. computers and cars) were also cannot build interchangeable components and literally assemble them to create ‘hierarchies of loosely-coupled components’, they would also face crisis, similar to the software makers. These technologies are still needs to be peer-reviewed and accepted by other researchers, so the technologies not yet commercial.
Authenteo
Authenteo provides client centric programming model for RIA development
- Built in WCM with browser-based WYSIWYG editing, version control, security
- Client domain model approach for client centric programming model with persisted objects in JavaScript
- Directly writing Ajax is not necessary as communication is dynamically transparently handled with persisted object access.
- Utilizes powerful multi-generational inheritance for persisted objects
- Support for continuations through Narrative JavaScript, greatly simplifies programming requests, animations, and sequenced user interactions
Backbase AJAX for Struts
Backbase AJAX for Struts is a complete AJAX - Struts programming framework build on top of any Struts and Eclipse.
- Pre-build AJAX-Struts components
- Eclipse Plug-in
- Struts-server extension compatible with major Java App Servers
Backbase AJAX for JSF
Backbase AJAX for JSF is a complete AJAX - JSF programming framework build on top of Apache MyFaces and Eclipse.
- Pre-build AJAX-JSF components
- Eclipse Plug-in
- JSF-server extension compatible with major Java App Servers
Direct Web Remoting (DWR) (2005)
Direct Web Remoting is a framework for calling Java methods directly from Javascript code.
- Like SAJAX, can pass calls from Javascript into Java methods and back out to Javascript callbacks.
- Can be used with any web framework - Struts, Tapestry, etc.
- Follows Spring-like KISS/POJO/orthogonality philosophy.
- Being incorporated into next WebWork release.
- Open-source license (Apache). By Joe Walker.
Echo 2 (from March 2005)
Echo 2 allows you to code Ajax apps in pure Java (Demo).
- Automatically generates HTML and Javascript.
- Co-ordinates messages between browser and server. Messaging in XML.
- Can hand-write custom Javascript components if desired.
- Open-source license (Mozilla Public License or GNU LGPL) by Next App, Inc..
Guise
Guise provides an elegant server-side component architecture that doesn't require developers to write HTML or JavaScript (Demo).
- A true application framework, written completely in Java.
- Allows developers to think in terms of component and events instead of HTML generation and DOM programming.
- Provides controls, modal dialogs, flyovers, and more.
- XHTML compliant.
- Flexible commercial license, with free full-featured development version available for immediate download. By Global Mentor Inc.
Google Web Toolkit
GWT Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is a Java software development framework that makes writing AJAX applications like Google Maps and Gmail easy for developers who don't speak browser quirks as a second language.
- You write your front end in the Java programming language, and the GWT compiler converts your Java classes to browser-compliant JavaScript and HTML.
- UI components are open-source, Java-to-JavaScript compiler is open-source too since december 2006.
- Dynamic, reusable UI components
- Really simple RPC
- Browser history management
- Real debugging
- Interoperability and fine-grained control
ICEfaces
ICEfaces is a standards-compliant extension to JavaServer Faces (JSF) for building and deploying rich AJAX applications
- Smooth, incremental page updates with in-place editing and no full page refresh.
- User context preservation during page update, including scrollbar positioning and user focus.
- Asynchronous page updates driven from the application in real time.
- Fine-grained user interaction during form entry that augments the standard submit/response loop.
- Community and Commercial version by ICEsoft.
IT Mill Toolkit
IT Mill Toolkit is a Ajax framework for developing web applications for with Java language at server-side. It provides a library of user interface components and defines clean framework for creating your own components. The focus is in ease of use, cross-browser compatibility, component reuse and extensibility. The toolkit has been used in production applications since year 2001 and it is suitable for building compatible Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) on Java EE (or J2EE) platforms.
- Demo Applications
- Features and Benefits
- Download IT Mill Toolkit
- Licence: commercial, free option for single developer
Light Portal
Light is an Ajax and Java based Open Source Portal framework which can be seamless plugged in to any Java Web Application or as an independent Portal application. One of its unique features is that it can be turned on when users need to access their personalized portal and turned off when users want to do regular business processes.
- Supports JSR 168 Portlet API programming model.
- supports multiple theme, also support custom theme.
- Each Portlet can be configured to refresh independently, auto refresh independently and refresh other portlets in the same tab page.
- Supports Role based Authorization.
- Easy to be configured and managed.
Java2Script Pacemaker
j2s Java2Script (J2S) Pacemaker provides an Eclipse Java to JavaScript/HTML/CSS compiler plugin and an implementation of JavaScript version of Eclipse Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) with other common utilities, such as java.lang.* and java.util.*. You can convert your SWT-base Rich Client Platform (RCP) into Rich Internet Application (RIA) by Java2Script Pacemaker.
- Totally open source including core compiler (Eclipse Public License 1.0)
- Well-integrated with Eclipse Platform (JDT)
- Support AJAX for Java besides JavaScript
- Creating 2 GUI with one step (SWT and Web)
- Providing JavaScript version of SWT
- JavaScript version of JUnit tests supported
- Using Dynamic JavaScript Loading (Loading JavaScript on demands)
- Java reflection supported (early implemenation)
- I18N supported (Through java.util.ResourceBundle)
Java Web Objects (May 2001)
JWO is a technology for building highly interactive web applications. It's a pre XMLHttp technology based on an extension of HTTP.
- Hosted by the Firestorm Web Server
- Client has to support the WSAP protocol (KWSAP is a WSAP extension for KDE)
- A JWO can expose its methods through SOAP
- A JWO generates its own HTML interface
- Transparent remote invocations from JavaScript to the server-side web object (synchronous)
- Server side generated events (asynchronous)
- The project has been inactive since 2002
JayJax (March 2007)
[2] is an integration project for current AJAX libraries (prototype, scriptaculous etc.) enhanced by a Model-Presenter-Layer.
- The goal is to allow various communication policies between client and server.
- The server side is currently Java only.
- Implements the Model View Presenter pattern.
- Uses Java annotations.
jMaki (May 2006)
[3] is a technology for providing a Java wrapper around JavaScript libraries whether they be created by you or are existing libraries such as Dojo, Yahoo UI Widgets, Scriptaculous, or SPRY.
- jMaki is provided as a JSP (2.0) tag or JSF (1.1) Component.
- jMaki contains over 30 prewrapped widgets.
- jMaki also contains a generic Java based proxy for accessing XML based services such as those provided by Yahoo, Flickr, and Google and providing the content as JSON.
- Hosted live at javaserver.org.
- Netbeans and Eclipse Plugin available for drag and drop construction of applications.
- Open Source License (BSD)
JSON-RPC-Java (April 2004)
JSON-RPC-Java is an AJAX RPC middleware that allows JavaScript DHTML web applications to call remote methods in a J2EE Application Server.
- Transparently maps Java objects to and from JavaScript objects using Java reflection.
- Handles marshalling/unmarshalling of arbitrarily complex nested data structures.
- Lightweight protocol similar to XML-RPC.
- Leverages J2EE security model with session specific exporting of objects.
- Open-source license (LGPL) by Michael Clark and others.
JSP Controls Tag Library (December 2005)
JSP Controls Tag Library provides the lifecycle for portlet-like JSP components. The Library does not require a portal engine or other central controller. The components built with the Library can be used in any JSP-based application.
- Supports dual-mode components (non-Ajax and Ajax) therefore works even with Netscape 4.
- In non-Ajax mode components utilize synchronous HTTP request/response cycle via Redirect-After-Post pattern.
- In Ajax mode components are updated in-place.
- Component reload in non-Ajax mode is completely automatic and transparent.
- Transition between Ajax and non-Ajax mode is undetectable when Javascript turned on or off.
- Demo
- Open-source license (Apache 2.0) by Michael Jouravlev.
jWic
jWic is a java-based development framework for developing dynamic web applications with the convenience and familiarity of 'rich client' style programming.
- Component-based, event-driven programming model
- Controls are rendered using templates (i.e. Velocity)
- Dynamically updates a control using AJAX mechanisms
- Open-source licence (Apache Licence, Version 2.0) by Florian Lippisch an Jens Bornemann.
Proficy Portal
Proficy Portal Commercial product. Similar to "enterprise-level" business apps. development environments like JD Edwards except that it is built based on interfacing to existing SCADA and data historian systems. The entire system is implemented in Java including the IDE/GUI.
- Supports the major data historian packages as well as most SQL servers.
- Supports Firefox and IE4+.
- Uses typical "RAD" type interface which is largely code-free since the intended audience is the end users.
- Supports 3 general models of use: digital dashboard, report development (similar to Crystal Reports), and SPC/charting/data mining for engineers.
SmartClient (enterprise AJAX GUI system since 2000)
SmartClient from Isomorphic Software is the cross-platform AJAX GUI system chosen by top commercial software vendors, on-demand service providers, and enterprise IT developers for thousands of deployments since 2000.
- cross-browser foundation classes and services
- JSON or XML programming
- browser abstraction layer
- GUI component services
- logging and debugging services
- extensible GUI components
- navigation and command controls
- form controls and managers
- flat, hierarchical, and multidimensional grids
- containers and layout managers
- data & services stack
- client data caches and local operations
- client data model managers
- communication and protocol services
- visual development tools
- runtime console
- log viewer
- component inspector and editor
- admin console
- integrated developer reference
- SmartClient AJAX applications run on Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Netscape, Firefox, and Safari web browsers, on Windows, MacOS, Linux, and Solaris. Unlike other AJAX systems, SmartClient applications are fully functional even when ActiveX is disabled.
- See www.smartclient.com for a product brief, live demos, and downloadable SDK for SmartClient version 5.5.
- "We evaluated many alternatives, and Isomorphic provides the most mature smart client technology for zero-install web applications." - VP Tools & Technology, PeopleSoft
- Commercial product from Isomorphic Software
Struts-Layout
Struts-Layout is a tag library for Apache Struts which provides easy and fast interface creation. This is achieved by powerful tags which display panels, input fields, tables, treeviews, sortable lists, datagrids, popups, calendars, etc. With those tags customized at your own look&feel, some of the developers in your team have neither need to write nor even know HTML.
- The Struts-Layout tag library now allows to put Suggest fields on your web pages
- Open source license (Apache 2) by Jean-Noel Ribette and others.
SWATO (2005)
SWATO (Shift Web Application TO...) is a set of reusable and well-integrated Java/JavaScript library that give you an easier way to shift the interaction of your web apps through the AJAX way.
- The server side Java library can be easily deployed in all Servlet 2.3+ compatible containers.
- The client side JavaScript library is base on prototype that can help you coding your JavaScript in the OO way.
- Using JSON to marshall the data of your POJOs on server side.
- Providing a simple interface for your JavaScript code to interactive with the remote POJOs exposed to the client side. (RPC,cross domain access).
- Easy and flexible configuration using <servlet> and <filter> in web.xml and comes with Spring integration.
- Comes with several reusable component (Auto-suggest Textbox, JS Template, JS Logger, etc) that help you develop your web apps easier.
- Online demo available.
- Open-source license (Apache) by Zhijie Chen.
Tacos Tapestry Components (dec 2005)
Tacos is an ajax engine/component library for ajax/dhtml based applications written in java for the Tapestry web framework.
- Written to be completely integrated with Dojo javascript library, providing an extensive set of widgets/features.
- Requires little or no javascript knowledge to use, though any part of the process can be customized to your liking.
- Provides development tools making writing ajax applications much easier, such as a logging/debug console window for ajax/other javascript initiated requests.
- Component library hosts extensive set of production quality code, built in functionality includes Dialogs/Floating Windows/tons of effects/Tree/Autocompleter/Inline Editor/etc.
- Extensive form-based ajax support includes client side validation, field observers, partial form submissions, etc.
- Open-source license (Apache) by multiple contributors.
- Online demo available.
Telosys : Global framework and tools for AJAX / J2EE applications ( Open Source )
[4] http://telosys.objectweb.org/
- Telosys is an Open Source framework designed to build easily Web 2.0 applications,
based on a “Client/Server” principle, using J2EE (Servlet, JSP, JDBC), lightweight clients and AJAX technology (XML requests via HTTP).
- LGPL license
ThinkCAP JX: RAD Environment for AJAX, J2EE, and Open Source
[5] Designed to build industrial strength transactional business applications
- Visual Workbench.
- Based on over 20 open source projects including Struts, Hibernate, JFreeChart, and many more.
- 3-Tier Client/Server Development: Minimize Javascript by using server-side generation library of over 150 methods.
- Handles Complex AJAX Updates: TransactionSafe guarantees no connection leaks and automates complex master-detail updates.
- Rich Data-Aware Controls: Scrollable Updateable DataView [data-bound grid], Client Sorting, Outlook Bar, Accordion, Tab Panes, Trees, Autocomplete.
- Smart Data Binding: Declarative binding to HTTP Request or Session Parms.
- Client & Server Layout Management: Automatically directs component/AJAX call output to the appropriate default or named areas of a page.
- Dual license (GPL or commercial) by .
ThinWire® - Beyond Ajax (Open Source under LGPL; Free for Commercial Use; In Production Use Since 2003)
ThinWire ThinWire® is an LGPL open source, free for commercial use, development framework that allows you to easily build applications for the web that have responsive, expressive & interactive user interfaces without the complexity of the alternatives. While virtually any web application can be built with ThinWire®, when it comes to enterprise applications, the framework excels with its highly interactive and rich user interface components. Use ThinWire® to handle the view-layer of your Java EE (J2EE) application and you'll be able to provide an unparalleled user experience, while at the same time completing your project faster than ever. To that end, a number of business banking applications built on ThinWire® are currently used at a production capacity, one of which is at a top ten bank in the United States with over 1000 live users. A quick run down of the top features are:
- Familiar event-driven GUI programming model
- Reconnects the flow of logic, no request / response
- Maintains state naturally via variables, not via session
- Develop exclusively in a server-side language only
- Rich set of complex widget components: GridBox, DropDownGridBox, Tree, TabFolder, Menu, DateBox, DropDownDateBox, Real-Time Edit Masking, etc.
- Effects engine similar to Scriptaculous
- Global XML Style Configuration
- Full keyboard navigation supported by all components
- Zero footprint client, no applets, ActiveX controls or browser plug-ins of any kind
- ThinWire is fast. The entire client-side part of the framework downloads once (Only 35K gziped!) and no further HTML, CSS or JS files are downloaded after that. The same client-side framework is used no matter how complex the application is that you build.
- Highly secure because no application logic executes in the browser and no service end-points are used like with other Ajax approaches. Only data you make visible through a component is sent over the wire, everything else stays on the server.
- All major browsers supported: Firefox 1 or greater, Opera 8 or greater, Safari 2 or greater, IE6 or greater
Download the ThinWire Framework SDK
WebORB for Java (from August 2005)
WebORB for Java is a platform for developing AJAX and Flash-based rich client application and connecting them with Java objects and XML Web Services. (Online examples)
- See WebORB for .NET for more details (DotNet_Ajax_Frameworks).
- Dual license (Standard edition is free, Professional is commercial). By Midnight Coders.
Wicket (2004, Ajax support 2005)
Wicket is a mixed mode Java framework with built in support for Ajax.
- 'Just Java' object oriented programming
- Ships with a full range of Ajax components, including a tree, tree-table, tabs, modal window and more.
- Use/ create Ajax components or add Ajax capabilities to components using composition
- Full control over non-intrusive markup
- Comes with a default Ajax implementation
- Dojo and Scriptaculous support projects exists, and plugging in another engine is easy
- Ranked as top 40 Sourceforge project, currently (sept 2006) incubating at Apache.
- Apache 2 licence
- Some Ajax examples here
- Books: Pro Wicket available now, Wicket In Action in progress
- Rated class A for cross-browser support
WidgetServer (2004)
WidgetServer enables you to code Ajax applications in pure Java.
- The WidgetServer ComponentSet Demo
- Automatically generates HTML and Javascript.
- Co-ordinates messages between browser and server.
- Can hand-write custom Javascript and HTML/CSS components if desired.
- Supports a Java API, XML-GUI and HTML-Templates
- Rich component set
- Event handling for mouse-, focus-, scroll-, drag&drop- and key-events
- Applications run as Web (with and without AJAX enabled), Swing and Swing Client/Server Apps.
- Dual license (higher-performance commercial version and lower-performance open-source version). By Dirk von der Weiden.
Wonder
Wonder is a framework for WebObjects/Java. The Ajax framework in Project Wonder is written in a style that fits well with "The WebObjects Way" of doing things.
Features
- AjaxAccordian
- AjaxAccordianTab
- AjaxAutoComplete
- AjaxDraggable
- AjaxDroppable
- AjaxInPlaceEditor
- AjaxRoundEffect
- AjaxSlider
- AjaxSortableList
- AjaxUpdateContainer
- AjaxUpdateLink
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Licensing
- Open Source, GPL.
XANDRA Framework SOAP and SOA Architecture
XANDRA Framework is handling completely the AJAX technology as first business framework. Its basing on an own client JavaScript library. A client application will be developed with a professional programmers scope. The communication is using the SOAP protocol as advanced XML protocol type. A lot of predefined services are completly finished developed and can be used directly. Xandra is powered by (main {GRUPPE}).
Mobile Phone Push Service and Web Portal with AJAX
- J2EE Server Implementation for Web-Services available and tested in a lot of projects.
- Database Services with Transaction Mechanism available.
- Problem of Long Lists and sizefully XML Transfer Data is fixed
- Using of Templates implemented
- Running in each J2EE Enviroment (Tomcat/JBoss)
- realtime tracking of user surf behavior possible
- new session management
- Thin-Client concept completly realized
- Can hand-write custom Java as own Service, Javascript and HTML/CSS components if desired.
- Simple RPC call from JavaScript to J2EE Backend possible
- selfcreated Data Objects on server (J2EE) can be transfered automatically into XML protocol
- Applications run as Web, Swing and Swing Client/Server Apps.
- 3-Tier Client/Server Development
- Supports dual-mode components (non-Ajax and Ajax)
- successfully field-tested since 2000
xulfaces (XUL render kit for JSF)
xulfaces integrates JSF with XUL
It satisfies the following goals:
- Rely on JSF power to offer a better experience to the user
- Light deployment.
Mozilla and Firefox have an integrated XUL engine, so you can use your favorite web browser to run an XUL application.
- Keep the business layer on the server side.
JSF and AJAX are used to build a bridge between the client and the server.
- Rich UI features.
XUL offers a rich UI for business applications. XUL is a simple XML language.
There are trees, tabbed panes, list boxes, wizards and so on. You have the ability to refresh the entire screen or a part of it.
- Facelets support.
Add power to xulfaces via this Tapestry-like framework based on JSF.
xulfaces is a JSF custom RenderKit and generates pure XUL.
xWire (Released October, 2005)
xWire Framework is a mature, object-oriented, enterprise-class Java toolkit for Java applications.
- Mature toolkit (originally written in 2001)
- Ideal for building the server side of an AJAX client application
- Can be used for most any Java application including web and desktop
- Seamless integration with several open source toolkits including Struts, iBatis, Log4J, Commons Configuration, Xalan and XStream
- Provides for Struts actionless development
- Well designed and well layered
- Scalable and stable
- Innovative features include XML streaming into and out of the server and Javascript Bundles
- Collection of useful standalone services that can be used together or separately
- Can be used in conjunction with the xWire client
- Pick and choose which features to use
- Working examples
- Frequent enhancements
- Well documented with meaningful and thorough comments throughout the code
- Support for COMET
- Apache License V2.0 by Jeff Roberts and Mark Nabours
ZK - Simply Ajax and Mobile (#1 active in SourceForge)
ZK ZK is an open-source Ajax Web framework that enables rich UI for Web applications with no JavaScript and little Java programming.
It is the most active project in SourceForge.net.
- The event-driven model brings the intuitive desktop programming model to Web developers.
- The markup language, called ZUML, makes the design of user interfaces as simple as authorizing a HTML page. No programming required.
- Over 77 XUL and 83 XHTML components enrich Web applications today. Grid, combobox, tree, listbox, tabbox, popup, menu, audio, timer...
- True modal dialog
- Drag and drop
- Context menu
- Browser history management
- Script in Java, Ruby, Groovy, JavaScript, and EL expressions. No compilation. No proprietary expressions or scripts. Fast prototyping. Copy and run, no redeployment required.
- Server centric processing. Visual representation and content are synchronized automatically between clients and servers. No Ajax or JavaScript hurdles.
- Simple yet powerful threading model. No prerequisite of handling threading and concurrent accesses. True server-side modal dialogs. Suspend and resume your application freely without blocking users.
- Easy component development. Macro components: design new component without programming. Easy to embracce pure-client UI library, such as Google Maps, DOJO and FCKeditor
- Cross browsers. By rendering XUL and XHTML components into HTML tags and JavaScript, it doesn't depend on whether the browser supports XUL.
- Open-source license (GPL) by Potix Corporation.
BZByte EZAjax - Ajax, no javascript, no nonsense
[6] BZByte EZAjax is an open-source Ajax Web framework that enables rich UI for Web applications with no JavaScript or other nonsense
- The event-driven model brings the intuitive desktop programming model to Web developers.
- Firefox & IE supported.
- Drag-and-drop
- Server centric processing. Visual representation and content are synchronized automatically between clients and servers.
- Simple yet powerful threading model. No prerequisite of handling threading and concurrent accesses. True server-side modal dialogs. Suspend and resume your application freely without blocking users.
- GPL
Restlet
Restlet is a lightweight REST framework for Java
Features
- REST concepts have equivalent Java classes (resource, representation, connector, etc.)
- Suitable for both client and server Web applications
- Automatic server-side content negotiation based on media type and language preferences
- Static file serving and editing with metadata association based on file extensions
- Support for representations like JSON, XML (DOM or SAX), FreeMarker templates (alternative to JSP)
- Server connectors for HTTP, HTTPS and AJP (for Apache or IIS) protocols
- Client connectors for HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, JDBC and FILE protocols
- Routers support the concept of URIs as UI with advanced pattern matching features
- Filters support features such as authorization, browser tunnelling and extraction of call attributes
- Support of HTTP Basic and Amazon Web Services authentication schemes
- Deployment as native services using Java Service Wrapper
- Supports blocking and non-blocking NIO modes
- Clean Restlet API as a full alternative to the Servlet API
- Noelios Restlet Engine (NRE) is the Reference Implementation (provided by Noelios Consulting)
Licensing
- "Restlet API" and "Noelios Restlet Engine" are distributed under the CDDL license (similar to Mozilla Public License).
- Commercial licenses can be discussed for trademark usage and alternative usage models.
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Flexjson
Flexjson is a lightweight library for serializing Java objects into JSON. What's different about Flexjson is it's control over what gets serialized allowing both deep and shallow copies of objects. It also handles cycles in your object graph gracefully so you don't have to maintain parrallel object models, and translate between them.