It is possible to deploy graphic components created with
JViews Diagrammer as Eclipse™
or
RCP (Eclipse Rich Client Platform) plug-ins. As with the thin client
approach, graphical contents, styling, and connections to data sources
can be reused under Eclipse. The main challenge is to integrate graphical
panels and manage interactions with the Eclipse framework. Since Eclipse
3.0, making Swing-based code work within an Eclipse application is
possible with the SWT-AWT bridge. Located in the org.eclipse.swt.awt package,
this bridge offers a very simple interface between Eclipse and Swing
widgets. Once a Swing container has been created inside an SWT widget,
all AWT/Java 2D™
primitives can
be invoked. Note that this bridge only works with JDK 1.5 and higher.
In the samples directory, you will find
examples of such integration. The source code is provided, so you
can make the integration package evolve with your own requirements.