JHotDraw 7 is a two-dimensional graphics framework for structured drawing editors. It can be used to create many different editors from a simple doodle program up to full fledged diagram editors and vector animation tools.
JHotDraw 7 is a major rewrite of earlier versions of JHotDraw which in turn is a derivation of HotDraw.
Here is a demo use of the framework, a SVG drawing applet:
Features
- All contracts in the JHotDraw 7 framework are implemented against Java Interfaces. The framework provides many points to hook in your own code.
- The framework is small enough to create Java applets with it.
- Abstract and Default implementations are provided to get you a quick start.
- The framework makes use of common Java idioms, such as the JavaBeans setter and getter methods. This is supposed to reduce your learning curve.
- The drawing code takes advantage of Java2D. It uses double precision coordinates for all drawings.
- A drawing can be shown and edited in multiple windows with different scale factors.
- Undo/Redo is implemented based on the Swing undo package.
- Cut, Copy and Paste clipboard operations are supported.
- XML is used as the default external storage format and for clipboard operations.
Requirements
- JHotDraw 7 requires a J2SE 1.5 compliant Java Virtual Machine.
License
You can license JHotDraw 7 either using an LGPL license or using a Creative Commons Attribution (by) 2.5 license.
