gi-swing

gi-swing

Swing implementation of the GuiInteraction library.

Overview

This module provides Swing-based dialogs and viewers for user interaction. It works with any standard JDK without requiring JavaFX.

Requirements

• JDK 21+ (any distribution)

Features

• Standard Swing file and directory choosers
• Date and year-month pickers (via LGoodDatePicker)
• HTML viewing via JEditorPane
• Table display with JTable
• Clipboard operations
• Chart display via Matrix Charts integration

Installation

Gradle

dependencies {
    implementation 'se.alipsa.gi:gi-swing:0.3.0'
}

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>se.alipsa.gi</groupId>
    <artifactId>gi-swing</artifactId>
    <version>0.3.0</version>
</dependency>

Grape (Groovy Script)

@Grab(group:'se.alipsa.gi', module:'gi-swing', version:'0.3.0')
import se.alipsa.gi.swing.InOut

def io = new InOut()

Quick Start

import se.alipsa.gi.swing.InOut

def io = new InOut()

// File selection
def file = io.chooseFile("Open", ".", "Select a file", "txt", "csv")

// User prompts
def name = io.prompt("Enter your name:")

// Display HTML
io.view("<h1>Hello</h1><p>Welcome!</p>", "Greeting")

// Display table data
io.view([
    ["Name", "Age"],
    ["Alice", 30],
    ["Bob", 25]
], "Users")

Fat JAR

A fat JAR (with all dependencies bundled) is available:

dependencies {
    implementation 'se.alipsa.gi:gi-swing:0.3.0:fatjar'
}

Limitations

• Look and Feel: Uses system look and feel, which varies by platform

Dependencies

• LGoodDatePicker - Date picker component
• swing-yearmonth-picker - Year-month picker

API Documentation

See the API Guide for detailed usage examples.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE