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+1  Q: 

Render html in Swing application

I have a swing application that sends commands to server and receives result in XML format. I need to transform this into HTML via XSLT and then display result HTML on the panel. The problem is that the only Swing component which is able to display HTML - JEditorPane - takes either URL or javax.swing.text.StyledDocument as a source. Option with URL doesn't work for me because I have to save my html as a file on the file system first and I'd like to avoid this.

So I have a gap between in-memory result of XSL transformation and javax.swing.text.StyledDocument, which can be rendered by JEditorPane or JTextPane.

How to transform one to another? Or are there any other Swing solutions to display HTML from some in-memory source(DOM or String or whatever)?

Thank you in advance for help.

+1  A: 

see this : How to Use HTML in Swing Components
and Swing HTML Preview

SjB  2009-11-24 14:46:51
Note: the linked page refers to the built-in HTML support in components like JLabel. This support is very basic and misses even more things than JEditorPane does... and it's not great.
PSpeed  2009-11-24 14:54:22
I've already thought about that. I need as full as possible support for HTML
Maksym Govorischev  2009-11-24 15:29:47
+3  A: 

Is there a reason that JEditorPane.setText() does not work for you?

I use JEditorPane all the time and I've never pulled the displayed data from a file or URL. So it is possible. Just need to figure out why it's not working for you.

To be specific:

editor.setContentType( "text/html" );    
editor.setText( "<html><body>Hello, world</body></html>" );
PSpeed  2009-11-24 14:47:37
Thanks a lot. I've just missed this option. Probably, while looking through the methods list I subconciously decided that it can deal only with plain text and haven't examined javadoc in detail. Thanks again
Maksym Govorischev  2009-11-24 15:32:34
These classes are overly complicated I think. JEditorPane is pretty poor beyond a certain point. Unfortunately, the free options for HTML rendering tend to be LGPL. In case that restriction is ever less important than the rendering quality there is Lobo Browser's Cobra component: http://lobobrowser.org/cobra.jsp And by far the best, the DJ Native Project: http://djproject.sourceforge.net/ns/ It bridges Swing and SWT to access the operating system's native browser component.
PSpeed  2009-11-24 16:36:42
Yes, I saw them, but again, LGPL doesn't work for me
Maksym Govorischev  2009-11-25 13:52:41
+2  A: 

What about JeditorPane.setText() ?

EJB  2009-11-24 14:54:43
+1  A: 

Try Flying Saucer, it renders pretty well HTML.

adrian.tarau  2009-11-24 14:55:43
LGPL license doesn't work for me, but still thanks. Will consider this in future
Maksym Govorischev  2009-11-24 15:28:41
LGPL is commercial friendly, why it isn't good?
adrian.tarau  2009-11-25 18:07:28

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