High Performance Java Framework for Rich-Clients

Idea Theodor Willax and Marten Wulff,

Munich, February 2003

We are developing a Java framwork which can be used as replacement for HTML web applications. Web applications have the general problem in handling complex user interfaces. Java is best suited for plattform independent client software with rich gui elements (SWING). JKF will help in reducing development costs and time. Several components help to save development time. A short description of the available components follows:

• Communication framework

• Simple communication through Java-Proxies and http

• Limit value compression of data to transfer

• Session-Management

• Support for EJB communication

• Central application logging

• GUI framework

• Automatic data exchange between GUI and client programm (data exchange over transfer objects)

• Client-side validation of data (inclusive error handling)

• Parallel event processing (thread pool)

• Window and modality controll

• Automatic softwaredeployment

• Minimal network transparent ClassLoader

• Dynamic updates at programmstart

• download state information

• Locale caching (jar cache)

• Logging

• Support for local logging

• Support for remote logging

• Free configurable logging grades

• Implemented through Log4J-API

First beta release is coming soon!