Well, OK, AJAX does stand for "Asynchronous JavaScript and XML"!
But it has really come to mean in-place browser updates. So
in keeping with that usage, Desiderata Software is pleased
to introduce a "No JavaScript, just Java" version of AJAX.
Jaxcent is a Java API for Internet Explorer, that exposes
the DOM model in Java. HTML elements can be controlled,
event listeners can be added, pages can be navigated, HTML
can be parsed, colors can be changed, elements can be
inserted, removed, changed, things can be hidden/shown,
sizes can be changed... you get the idea. All from Java.
Of course, naturally, this is not the "sandbox" Java of your
grandfather's time. So Jaxcent is not really suitable for
general purpose web sites where anybody can wander
in and browse.
On the other hand, for trusted environments where Jaxcent
is suitable, it gives you full control and power over Internet
Explorer, entirely in Java without any need to resort
to JavaScript.
You can use any data retrieval technique to populate
elements of your web page. Your Java program could
be generating the data (as the clock samples in
the evaluation kit show), or it could be going to
a web-site to refresh the data. You can use Jaxcent
APIs to fetch data as text or as another DOM tree,
or you can integrate Jaxcent with other tools
such as databases or XML parsers for
fetching your data.
To download a free evaluation kit, please visit
http://www.jaxcent.com/
For your convenience, Javadoc is available right
from the website.
Don't forget to run the samples provided in
the evaluation kit!
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