QtAWT Status

Java class	Qt Peer	Status	Notes
Toolkit	QApplication	Started
QtEventThread	none (uses QApplication)	Started	Fairly inefficient implementation right now
ComponentPeer	QWidget	Started	Lots of stuff still to be done
ContainerPeer	QWidget	Started
WindowPeer	QWidget	Started	Borderless toplevel widget
FramePeer	QFrame?	Started
ButtonPeer	QPushButton	Started
LabelPeer	QLabel	Complete	At last!
CheckBoxPeer	QCheckBox	Started
ChoicePeer	QComboBox	Complete	You can even delete things :-)
DialogPeer	QDialog	Todo
PanelPeer	?	Todo
FileDialogPeer	QFileDialog	Todo
ScrollPanePeer	QScrollView	Todo
TextComponentPeer	?	Todo
TextAreaPeer	QTextArea	Todo
TextFieldPeer	QTextField	Todo
MenuComponentPeer	QMenuData	Started	Menus are currently FUBAR
MenuBarPeer	QMenuBar	Started
MenuItemPeer	none	Started	This is part of QMenuData in Qt
MenuPeer	QPopupMenu	Started
PopupMenuPeer	QPopupMenu	Todo
CheckboxMenuItemPeer	none	Todo	This is part of QMenuData in Qt

Note: If you start working on a class then please update this table.
Note 2: There are also the Graphics, Font and Image peers not listed here.
Note 3: No events are sent to the Java code yet, so you cannot respond to user actions.

The Plan

The plan is currently to try to get Frames and Buttons to work in a clean way. Once I've figured out a good way to write the peers it should be easy enough to increase the coverage to include the whole AWT. The only other big problem is event dispatching which I haven't even started yet.

When will QtAWT be finished?

That depends on how much time I get, and how many people give me hand. If you find some particular feature you want has not been written yet, then why not have a go at writing it yourself?

Java 2 Support

You've got to be kidding - lets finish Java 1.1 first.

How can I help?

Well, basically just pick any class in the java.awt.peer package and start typing. If you don't know anything about Qt programming, but you know some Java then you could still help by writing the Java side of a peer (like the ones in the javax/org/kde/qtawt directory of the source tree). I'll try to knock together a HOWTO style document explaining how to write a peer when the mechanism has stabalised a bit. The commincation between the native code and the Java peers is handled using the JNI, so in theory this should port should work with any JVM that supports JNI and Java 1.1. If you are using a JVM other than the Blackdown JDK port, then please let me know how you get on. I have also tried the code with Japhar, but for some reason it refuses to load the toolkit correctly - I suspect this is really a bug in Japhar, but I'm not sure yet.