Hi Matt:
One thing that may not be clear from Michael's reply is that if you
have something from the two earlier modules that you can help out and
bring it forward.
The 2.6-RC1 was made last weekend that includes gt-swing; 2.6.0 will
probably go out tomorrow. gt-swing will be included in the stock
distro - and we are making a formal commitment to keep the module
going - mostly in support of the geotools demonstrations.
What really kicked me over the edge and decide to help out was going
over example code from previous years and finding 80% of it devoted to
user interface stuff. My hope that by keeping gt-swing; and indeed
emphasising gt-swing we can communicate the functionality of the core
library clearly and succinctly.
Thus far I have been very pleased with the new Quickstart; it offers a
far better 1st impression of GeoTools then my earlier Shp2Shp effort :-)
Now all of that said gt-swing is not ready to be supported yet; I
tried a couple weeks ago and the community asked that we increase the
test coverage.
Jody
On 17/10/2009, at 12:43 AM, Matt Foster wrote:
> Thanks for the quick reply Michael. What release would I need to
> get to see the latest and greatest that is in the gt-swing module?
> Also, will the gt-swing module be included in the "stock" distro for
> 2.6.x?
>
> Matt
>
>
> Michael Bedward wrote:
>> Hi Matt,
>>
>> Just looked at my computer and saw my name... the virtual equivalent
>> of your ears burning I suppose :-)
>>
>> Just a quick reply now, though happy to talk about it more next week
>> and Jody or others may also chip in...
>>
>> The widgets-swing-pending is dead I'm afraid. It has been without a
>> maintainer for some time, is largely undocumented, and has not
>> attracted any good samaritans willing to revive it.
>>
>> You're quite right that JMapPane was intended as a demo and in fact
>> we
>> are using it to support the new GeoTools examples that are taking
>> shape on the web site. However, it's become a lot more fully featured
>> than it was a while ago - due in large part to requests and
>> suggestions from list members. Also, Jody has added a swag of other
>> useful components to what is now the gt-swing module.
>>
>> We've mined useful stuff from the other unmaintained gui modules
>> (widgets-swing-pending and widgets-swing).
>>
>> That being said, it's not the intention to offer a comprehensive GUI
>> framework with all bells and whistles as, I think, was the case with
>> widgets-swing-pending.
>>
>> Hope that makes sense and answers your immediate question.
>>
>> cheers
>> Michael
>>
>>
>
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