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Netx 0.3
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Java Web Start 1.0.1
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OpenJNLP 0.6
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JavaURL
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| Source License |
GPL |
Sun community source?
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MPL
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GPL
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JavaDoc API Documentation
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Mostly complete
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Complete, very detailed?
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Somewhat complete
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?
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| Security |
Yes; sandbox/trusted but no code signing check.
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Yes
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No security
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Sandbox prompts user
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Requires install
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No (single executable JAR)
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Yes
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No (several JARs)
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No (single JAR?)
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Create distribution for single app
write jnlp file, plus: |
Modify one file in ~120K executable JAR file to point to app (or change 1 line of code) |
Install web start, send URL to app
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Modify source, combine JARs into ~120K JAR file |
Modify source to point to app
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Platforms
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Windows, Linux, any Java 2?
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Windows, Linux, Mac OS X
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Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Mac Classic, Java 1.1 (separate branch), Java 2
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All Java
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Command-line support
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Yes, rich support
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No?
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Yes, list of URLs only
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Yes
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Automatically updates itself
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No (Yes for some modules: about, etc)
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Yes?
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No (Yes for app manager?)
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No
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JRE version supported
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1.3+ (1.2 not tested but should work)
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1.2+ ?
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1.2+, 1.1 in separate fork
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1.1+
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JNLP compliance |
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Netx 0.3
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Java Web Start 1.0.1
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OpenJNLP 0.6
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JavaURL
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Overall compliance
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Good. Missing: installers, signing, native code, proper JVM selection, etc?
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Excellent
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Fair. Missing: installers + applets, all security, extension descriptors, etc?
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N/A (not intended to comply)
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Required JNLP services
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Most
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All
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None (stubs only)
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None
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Sets system properties, applet params, application args properly
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Yes
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Yes
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Properties and args.
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No?
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Native Library Support
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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No?
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JNLP Extensions (javax.jnlp.*)
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Some Required Extensions
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All
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None (non-working stubs)
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?
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Supports Extension Descriptors
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Yes
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Yes
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No
|
?
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Supports Applets
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Yes
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Yes
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No
|
No?
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Supports JARdiff and versioning
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No
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Yes
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No
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No?
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Supports Proxies
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No
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Yes
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No
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No
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Cache |
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Netx 0.3
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Java Web Start 1.0.1
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OpenJNLP 0.6
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JavaURL
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Cache checks for updates to resources
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Cache but no update check?
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Concurrent / Multithreaded download
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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No?
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Quick cache update check (fast timeout, check only once)
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No, but multithreaded and switch to disable update
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Yes (1 second timeout?, one check per session per resource)
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No
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No update check?
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API Features |
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Netx 0.3
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Java Web Start 1.0.1
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OpenJNLP 0.6
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JavaURL
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| Embeddable in other programs |
Yes
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No?
|
Yes
|
?
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API to Launch in Same JVM
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Yes
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No?
|
Yes
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No?
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API to Launch new JVM
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No
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Yes (by opening url)
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Yes
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No?
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Access to JNLP file information
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Yes, all
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Yes, current OS and arch only
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Yes, missing: security, applet, JVM?, ?
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??
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Insert extra properties, params, args at runtime
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Yes, programmatically or command-line
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No?
|
No?
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No?
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Can use any SAX parser as system default / does not affect launcher
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Yes, uses TinyXML to parse
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Yes, uses own XML parser
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Yes, uses NanoXML to parse
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?
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GUI/system integration |
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Netx 0.3
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Java Web Start 1.0.1
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OpenJNLP 0.6
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JavaURL
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GUI Tools
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No, but included in Object Component Desktop (OCD)
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Yes, app list (delete, etc) + console window
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Yes, app list + console window
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No GUI tools?
|
GUI Separate from Launcher
|
Yes
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No
|
Yes
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No GUI tools?
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App Chooser
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No, examples in About and on internet
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Yes, examples on internet
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Yes, examples on internet
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No
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Associate with .jnlp files
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No (manual)
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Yes
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Some platforms (Mac?), manual on others
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No
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Console / stdio handling
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All IO to console
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Console window and output log
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Console Window (combines multi-app output)
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All IO to console.
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