XML User Interface is a Java

Java (Sun)

Java refers to several computer software products and specifications from Sun Microsystems, a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation, that together provide a system for developing application software and deploying it in a cross-platform environment...

 and XML

XML

Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....

 framework

Software framework

In computer programming, a software framework is an abstraction in which software providing generic functionality can be selectively changed by user code, thus providing application specific software...

 for building rich client, desktop and mobile applications. The framework can save much of the code typically needed to build an application with consequent savings in development time, maintenance costs and hence results in greater stability.

About

The framework supports data binding

Data binding

Data binding is a general technique that binds two data/information sources together and maintains synchronization of data. This is usually done with two data/information sources with different types as in XML data binding. However, in UI data binding, data and information objects of the same type...

, event handling, validation

XML Validation

XML validation is the process of checking a document written in XML to confirm that it is both "well-formed" and also "valid" in that it follows a defined structure. A "well-formed" document follows the basic syntactic rules of XML, which are the same for all XML documents...

 and includes a NetBeans

NetBeans

NetBeans refers to both a platform framework for Java desktop applications, and an integrated development environment for developing with Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Groovy, C, C++, Scala, Clojure, and others...

 plug-in for interactive creation of the user interface. The project also features some innovative features such as an implementation of the new synth

Synth Look and Feel

synth is a skinnable Java look and feel, which is configured with an XML property file.According to Sun, goals for synth were:* Enable to create custom look without writing any code.* Allow appearance to be configured from images....

 Look and Feel using SVG

Scalable Vector Graphics

Scalable Vector Graphics is a family of specifications of an XML-based file format for describing two-dimensional vector graphics, both static and dynamic . The SVG specification is an open standard that has been under development by the World Wide Web Consortium since 1999.SVG images and their...

 plus an interactive layout manager using guidelines.

The XUI framework is released under the Mozilla Public License

Mozilla Public License

The Mozilla Public License is a free and open source software license. Version 1.0 was developed by Mitchell Baker when she worked as a lawyer at Netscape Communications Corporation and version 1.1 at the Mozilla Foundation...

and can be downloaded free of charge.

External links

• The project homepage
• Xoetrope (the company behind XUI). They also offer plenty of technical information and documentation about XUI and produce a commercial extension called Carousel