Tuesday, January 09, 2007

JRex - The Java Browser Component

JRex - The Java Browser Component: "JRex - The Java Browser Component

'JRex' is a Java Browser Component with set of API's for Embedding Mozilla GECKO within a Java Application.

Features

* Embedded Java Browser based on Mozilla GECKO.
* Event capturing like InputEvents (Mouse & keyboard), History, ContextMenu, ContentUrlListener, Observer, Progress, ToolTip.
* Compatible with AWT and Swing.
* Build in support for window and event management.
* Easy to use, developer need not know much of Mozilla details. The effective line of code for simple use is not more than 3 lines.
* Easy to use and easily extendable API's.
* Compatible with windows and *nix (Having GTK support).
* Compatible with Mozilla Gecko 1.4 and above. Has been tested with Mozilla Gecko 1.4 and 1.6 and 1.7.7
* Supports Tabbed and Java Internal Pane browser windows.
* Support for Profile & preferences.
* Support for Persist, Find & BroswerSetup (to enable/disable plug-in, image etc.) preferences.
* Support for accessing DOM objects of rendered page.
* JRex also implements DOM HTML2 for manipulating loaded HTML Document.
* In built support for Java WebStart deployment.
* In built support for LiveConnect which helps in communication between javascript and Java.
o Can be used for communication between XUL and JVM in which JRex is running.
Note:- JRex does not require mozilla to be installed. JRex uses GRE(which is bare minimal browser engine that can be bundled as WebStart deployment). Check the WebStart Demo to get a feel of how it works."

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