Overview of tutorial

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The construction of an application explains briefly the main concepts of Rogue Wave® JViews.

Example Java™ source files are provided representing the steps in the tutorial. The example files are as follows: Sample1.java, Sample2.java, Sample3.java, and Sample4.java.

The tutorial consists of the following stages:

1. Creating and populating the manager: in Stage 1 - The manager:

Creating the manager.

Loading a file containing graphic objects into this manager.

Creating the view to display the contents of the manager.

2. In Stage 2 - View interaction:

Adding interaction to a view.

3. In Stage 3 - Using events:

Listening to events sent by the manager view.

4. In Stage 4 - Manipulating graphic objects:

Adding and moving graphic objects in the manager.