arnotify

When building applications using Flex (for AIR or Flash Player), you can use declarative programming to specify part of your user interface. The declarative language of Flex is XML-based and called MXML.

Here’s a simple app in Flex/MXML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"   layout="absolute"   title="Hello Rich Internet Application"  backgroundColor="#FFFFFF"  > <mx:VBox horizontalAlign="center" horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="0">  <mx:Button    label="Click Me"    click="mx.controls.Alert.show(    'ActionScript and Flex are a match made in heaven!',     'Flex Rocks!');"/>  <mx:Label    fontSize="24"    fontWeight="bold"   color="#1A49DF"    text="Flex Makes RIA Development Easy"    /> </mx:VBox>

</mx:WindowedApplication>

Here’s the equivalent app in JavaFX:

/* *  HelloCompiledJavaFX.fx - A "Hello World" style, but slightly more  *                           sophisticated, compiled JavaFX Script example * *  Developed 2008 by James L. Weaver (jim.weaver at lat-inc.com) *  to serve as a compiled JavaFX Script example. */package mypackage;

import javafx.ui.*;import javafx.ui.canvas.*;

Frame {  title: "Hello Rich Internet Applications!"  width: 550  height: 200  background: Color.WHITE  visible: true  content:    BorderPanel {      top:        FlowPanel {          content:            Button {              text: "Click Me"              action:                function():Void {                  MessageDialog {                    title: "JavaFX Script Rocks!"                    // This string has a newline in the source code                    message: "JavaFX Script is Simple, Elegant, and Leverages the Power of Java"                     visible: true                  }                }            }        }      center:        Canvas {          content:            Text {              font:                 Font {                  faceName: "Sans Serif"                  style: FontStyle.BOLD                  size: 24                }              x: 20              y: 40              stroke: Color.BLUE              fill: Color.BLUE              content: "JavaFX Script Makes RIA Development Easy"            }        }    }}

(from http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/scripting/javafx/ria_1/)