Is there anything similar to WPF and MVVM in Java world?

Question

Is there anything similar to WPF and MVVM in Java world?

Answer 1

Have you seen eFace ?

eFace is a XAML/WPF solution in Java. The first release is available for download now : http://www.soyatec.com/eface/installation/.

JavaFX provides some of the capabilities of WPF. See this SO answer for more details.

Answer 2

Have a look to the WCS-MVC pattern of Jrebirth Application Framework.

This pattern was designe after having worked with PureMVC and Mircrosoft MVVM. Note that the Model View ViewModel pattern silently add a (ViewController with the .xaml.cs file....), that will add a lot of confusion

WCS-MVC means :

• Wave => manage events between components
• Command => manage atomic or multi actions in separate thread (JAT, JIT, JTP)
• Service => manage long action with progree notifications
• Model => manage business logic for view
• View => define the ui tree
• Controller => listen user interaction

JRebirth offers :

• thread management
• lower memory footprint
• good Separation of Concern
• an internal notification engine to let each component communicate with others in an asynchronous way.

Answer 3

Start from version 6, ZK provide a series of powerful features of meta programming support, such as CSS Selector in Java and MVVM in Java.

You can take a look at this link:

http://books.zkoss.org/wiki/Small_Talks/2011/November/Hello_ZK_MVVM http://books.zkoss.org/wiki/Small_Talks/2011/JanuaryEnvisage_ZK_6:_An_Annotation_Based_Composer_For_MVC