Japura is a Java Swing project. It is an application framework and collection of components.

The project is open source (under the LGPL license).

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• SplitButton
  • bug fix: setButton method not working properly with NULL parameter. Thanks Jan Vos.
• ToolTipButton
  • bug fix: not working properly with HTML texts.

29 November 2011 - Japura 1.14.3 available

• CheckList
  • bug fix: keyboard command CTRL+C not working properly (only for cursor mouse over on a checked item).
• CheckListTransferHandler
  • new methods: getComparator and setComparator to order the transferable list.
• CheckListRenderer
  • new methods: setHighlight and getHighlight.
• DefaultListCheckModel
  • bug fix: accepting lock and check elements not contained in the model.

04 November 2011 - Japura 1.14.2 available

• ButtonTextField
  • new listener: ButtonTextFieldListener to detect button selection changes.
• Controller
  • removed annotation: DisposeAction.
  • new methods: beforeFreeController and afterFreeController.

06 October 2011 - Japura 1.14.1 available

• New class: AbstractComboBox
• CheckComboBox
  • extending from AbstractComboBox.
  • setItemsChooserVisible method renamed to setPopupVisible
  • isItemsChooserVisible method renamed to isPopupVisible
• Controller
  • new methods: isRemoved and createDebugPanel.
• TaskManager
  • new method: createDebugPanel.

04 September 2011 - Japura 1.14.0 available

• Controller
  • feature to restrict a child controller be only obtained by the group.
  • feature to link two controllers.
  • bug fix: isRoot method not working properly.
• CheckList
  • adding DragAndDrop feature
  • new classes: CheckListTransferHandler and CheckListTransferable
• Tasks
  • new execution mode: asynchronous
  • one executor for each controller group
  • new class: Mode
  • AbstractTask
    • removed methods: isNested and setNested
    • new methods: setMode and getMode

20 August 2011 - Japura 1.13.0 available

• Tasks
  • new classes: LinkedTask, ControllerWrapper, CallableWrapper and RunnableWrapper
  • new features
    • nested tasks
    • retry function
    • task debug window
  • refactor
    • org.japura.task.Task.HandlerExceptionParameters moved to org.japura.exception.HandlerExceptionParameters
  • Task
    • refactor
      • handleException(Exception exception, Integer taskGroupId) changed to handleException(Exception exception)
    • new methods: removed, getControllerWrapper, setNested(boolean nested), retry, cancel, isRemoved, isCanceled, isNested, isExecuted, setName(String name) and setException(Exception ex)
  • TaskManager
    • removed methods: execute(Integer taskGroupId, String message, Task task) and execute(Integer taskGroupId, Task task)
    • new methods: submit(AbstractTask task), cancelAll, getQueueCount, hasTaskRunning and showDebugWindow
• Controller
  • refactor
    • execute(String, Task) changed to execute(AbstractTask, String)
    • org.japura.controller.TaskExecutionProgress renamed and moved to org.japura.task.listener.TaskExecutionProgressListener
  • new methods: execute(AbstractTask task), executeAndFree(AbstractTask task, String message), executeAndFree(AbstractTask task), taskExecutionError(AbstractTask task), canExecute(AbstractTask task) and cancelExecutions
  • removed methods: freeAfterCurrentExecution

18 July 2011 - Japura 1.12.5 available

• CheckComboBox and CheckList
• bug fix: not working properly with Substance look and feel

29 June 2011 - Japura 1.12.4 available

• DateUtil
• new methods:
• toString(DateMask mask, DateSeparator separator, long date, TimeZone timeZone)
• toString(Locale locale, DateSeparator separator, long date, TimeZone timeZone)
• ArrowButton
• new buttons: FIRST and LAST

10 May 2011 - Japura 1.12.3 available

• CheckComboBox
  • bug fix: setForeground and setBackground methods not working properly
  • new feature: embedded component
  • renderer refactor: painting the background of the item under the mouse cursor
• New component: BatchSelection to be used as embedded component in CheckComboBox

28 April 2011 - Japura 1.12.2 available

• Controller - Message
  • new interface: Subscriber
  • new methods: registerSubscriber, removeSubscriber, removeSubscribers, getSubscribers and getSubscribersCount
• CheckComboBox
  • removed methods: setMultipleItemsText and getMultipleItemsText
  • new methods: getTextFor, setTextFor and removeTextFor

26 April 2011 - Japura 1.12.1 available

• CheckComboBox
  • bug fix for all look and feels
    • popup items not working properly (need two clicks to show again)
    • component not painting properly
  • refactor
    • removed renderer: CheckComboBoxRenderer
    • new renderer: CheckListRenderer
    • removed methods: setSelectionBackground, getSelectionBackground, setMargin and getMargin
    • new methods: setPrototypeDisplayValue, getPrototypeDisplayValue, setVisibleRowCount and getVisibleRowCount
• Controller - Message: allows the publisher to receive your own messages

18 April 2011 - Japura 1.12.0 available

• New component: LinkLabel
• ArrowButton:
  • bug fix: no disabled foreground color
  • new feature: actionListeners
  • new constructor: arrow size is available
• Controller:

  new features:

  • messages between controllers (publish/subscribe/filters)
  • DebugWindow

  hierarchy refactor:

  • methods renamed:
    • getTopController to getRoot
    • getTopController(int groupId) to getRoot(int groupId)
    • getUpControllerId to getParentId
  • new methods:
    • getParent
    • getChildren
    • getChildren(Class clss)
    • getChild(Class clss)
    • getChild(int id)
    • isChildInstancied(Class cls)
    • isRoot
  • free method: remove children controllers too

03 March 2011 - Japura 1.11.1 available

• TitlePanel(bug fix): getMinimumSize method not working properly
• Calendar refactor:
  • added: PropertiesProvider and DefaultPropertiesProvider
  • CalendarProperties moved to DefaultPropertiesProvider

26 February 2011 - Japura 1.11.0 available

• New document model: DateDocument
• New components:
  • ArrowButton
  • Calendar
  • CalendarField
• SplitButton - new methods:
  • setButtonVisible
  • isButtonVisible
• Controller - new methods:
  • getWindowAncestor
  • requestWindowFocus
  • isWindowFocused
  • requestFocus
  • isFocused

18 January 2011 - Japura 1.10.10 available

• CheckComboBox (bug fix): setEnabled method not working properly
• PaintedPanel - new methods:
  • removeBackgrounds
  • addBackground(Color color)
  • removeBackground(Color color)
• TitlePanel:
  • bug fix: top border not painting properly
  • refactor: getTitleMargin and setTitleMargin methods now uses Insets object
  • new methods:
    • setTitleGaps
    • getGapBetweenIconAndTitle
    • getGapBetweenTitleAndTitleComponents
    • getGapBetweenTitleComponents

03 January 2011 - Japura 1.10.9 available

• DefaultPriorityComboBoxModel: setMinimalSizeForPriority accepts value from 1
• IntegerDocument and DoubleDocument: accepts only values between minimum and maximum values

23 December 2010 - Japura 1.10.8 available

• DefaultListCheckModel: accepts repeated elements
• CollapsiblePanel
  • new constructor without parameters
  • new methods:
    • removeExtraButtons
    • setExtraButtons
    • removeIcon
    • setIcon

02 December 2010 - Japura 1.10.7 available

• CheckList: PopupMenuBuilder interface to define popup menus
• ListCheckModel: new methods
  • getLocksCount
  • getChecksCount
  • checkAll
  • lockAll
  • removeChecks
  • removeLocks

08 November 2010 - Japura 1.10.6 available

• CollapsibleRootPanel (bug fix): remove and removeAll methods not working properly
• CheckComboBox: popup's size with at least the size of the combobox
• New document model: IntegerDocument
• New document model: DoubleDocument

23 July 2010 - Japura 1.10.5 available

• DefaultListCheckModel (bug fix): clearLockeds method not removing the locked objects
• CheckComboBoxRenderer: changed to extend ListCellRenderer
• DefaultCheckComboBoxRenderer: changed to extend CheckListRenderer

15 July 2010 - Japura 1.10.4 available

• TaskExecutionProgress (bug fix): NullPointerExeception for nonexistent identifier's task execution of controllers.

01 July 2010 - Japura 1.10.3 available

• PaintedPanel: new method: removeBackground
• Modal: allows apply modal to a JInternalFrame
• DynamicList: new method: setItem
• SplitButton: new methods: isButtonEnabled, getSelectedButton, getRenderer and setRenderer
• New renderer: SplitButtonRenderer

22 June 2010 - Japura 1.10.2 available

• DynamicList: new method: getItem
• ListCheckModel changes:
  • extends ListModel
  • added lock methods to disable items
  • new listeners: ListLockListener and ListModelListener
  • new event: ListEvent

17 June 2010 - Japura 1.10.1 available

• Modal bug fix: the depth of the last added component was maintained for the previous components.
• ButtonTextField:
  • new method: setIconCursor
  • default icon cursor: Cursor.HAND_CURSOR

08 June 2010 - Japura 1.10.0 available

• New component: CheckList
• New component: CheckComboBox
• DynamicList: new method getAvailableItemsCount
• TaskManager: changed to accept multiple listeners
• Controller:
  • freeAfterExecution method renamed to freeAfterCurrentExecution
  • new method: freeAfterExecutions
  • DefaultTaskManagerListener renamed to TaskExecutionProgress
  • TaskExecutionProgress is no longer added automatically.
  • removed deprecated method: create
  • removed static method: getAllFramesAncestor
  • removed static method: getFramesAncestor(int groupId)
  • removed method: getFrameAncestor
  • added modal group name feature
• Modal:
  • allows apply modal to a JDialog
  • can choose the depth of the modal
  • ModalEvent changes:
    • constructor parameter: JFrame to RootPaneContainer
    • method getFrame to getRootPane
• Changes in packages of classes.

  Classes:

  • org.japura.gui.CollapsiblePanelEvent
  • org.japura.gui.CollapsiblePanelListener.java
  • org.japura.gui.PriorityComboBoxEvent
  • org.japura.gui.PriorityComboBoxListener
  • org.japura.gui.PriorityComboBoxRenderer
  • org.japura.gui.PriorityComboBoxModel
  • org.japura.gui.DefaultPriorityComboBoxModel

  Moved to:

  • org.japura.gui.event.CollapsiblePanelEvent
  • org.japura.gui.event.CollapsiblePanelListener
  • org.japura.gui.event.PriorityComboBoxEvent
  • org.japura.gui.event.PriorityComboBoxListener
  • org.japura.gui.renderer.PriorityComboBoxRenderer
  • org.japura.gui.model.PriorityComboBoxModel
  • org.japura.gui.model.DefaultPriorityComboBoxModel

17 May 2010 - Japura 1.9.0 available

• New component: DynamicList
• New renderer: HighlightCellRenderer

03 May 2010 - Japura 1.8.0 available

• New component: ButtonTextField
• New component: PriorityComboBox

14 April 2010 - Japura 1.7.1 available

• I18nManager: the unnecessary getStringKeys method has removed
• Inner: renamed to ChildController
• Controller: create method renamed to createChild
• ExceptionWrapper: has removed
• HandlerException: handle(ExceptionWrapper wrapper) method refactored to handle(Exception exception, HashMap<String, Object> parameters)

10 April 2010 - Japura 1.7.0 available

• Task: the done method is not more abstract. The default implementation does nothing.
• New component: LabelSeparator