[osflash] Javaflash - An Open Source Java Projector for Flash

[Steven Gong]

Hi all,
I hope Javaflash may interest you.

Javaflash is an LGPL Java Projector or Player for Flash. It is a glue between Flash and Java. At the frontend, the programmer can embed Flash as a widget into the Java GUI in a platform-independent manner. And at the backend, Javaflash provides a service framework for communication between Flash and Java and for easy development of new Javaflash applications. Javaflash is a subproject of Wonder which aims to develop a cross-platform flash-based desktop system.

Javaflash is based on SWT. If memory serves me right, there was already a Java Flashplayer implementation in SWT but it was based on Acrobat ActiveX module which was targeted at Windows only. Javaflash takes another approach. It relies on Mozilla plugin protocol so that as long as you can get the flash mozilla plugin on that platform, Javaflash can provide the support for you. And on the scriptable side, Javaflash uses Rhino which means you can integrate Java libs easily through scripting.

The current release of Javaflash is 0.3 which is at its very early stage. Javaflash 0.3 provides support for Flash8 features like ExternalInterface. So the developing model can be like this: programmers mainly develop features in _javascript_ that runs in Rhino runtime. _javascript_ is the glue code that combines AS and Java together. If Aflax is powerful enough, the _javascript_ developers will have a good time to use AS libs and Java libs at hand.

I post this mail as a mean to attract more users and developers for Javaflash. If you have interest, you may browse our wiki and mail list as well as SVN.
Wiki: http://dctc.sjtu.edu.cn:81/wonder/wiki/Javaflash
Mail list: http://groups.google.com/group/wonder-javaflash
SVN: http://dctc.sjtu.edu.cn:81/svn/wonder/trunk/javaflash/
JIRA: http://dctc.sjtu.edu.cn:81/wonder/jira/browse/JF

And if you have interest in Wonder, here are the links (Wonder is at its very very early stage ;-) ):
Wiki: http://dctc.sjtu.edu.cn:81/wonder/wiki/FrontPage
Mail list: http://groups.google.com/group/wondercollab
SVN: http://dctc.sjtu.edu.cn:81/svn/wonder/
JIRA: http://dctc.sjtu.edu.cn:81/wonder/jira

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Best Regards
Steven Gong

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