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Subject: Re: Generate forms from a model?
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On 6/22/2012 3:06 AM, m.skrzetuski@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> is it possible to generate forms from models in Java? Suppose I have the following model.
>
> someInformation|dataType:Integer|possibleValues:1,2,3
> someOtherInformation|dataType:String|maxLength:50
> someBooleanInformation|lables:Yes,No


I found this little project on GitHub.  I haven't used it however.

<https://github.com/aeremenok/swing-formbuilder>

I also found Jelly on the Apache website (the Apache foundation has a 
LOT of Java libraries).

<http://commons.apache.org/jelly/tutorial.html>

However Jelly looks quite old, I'm not sure if it's being actively 
maintained.

Overall, I don't see a lot of this sort of something-into-something else 
type code for Swing.  If you have complexity in your Swing components, 
you'll have it in the the model as well, so you might as well just use 
Swing directly.  Mixing things like GUI validation and layout in your 
"model" doesn't seem like the best idea to me, and I think it fell out 
of vogue some years ago.