Re: library for rendering HTML

zero <zero@xxxxxxx> wrote in
news:Xns96DCC53B3473Dzerothishi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> Lars <for_usenet_use@xxxxxxxx> wrote in
> news:4336d426_1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> is there a free Java library for displaying HTML? I would prefer one
>> that supports more recent versions HTML than classes like JEditorPane
>> or HTMLEditorKit do.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Lars
>
> About a year ago I spent several months looking for exactly this, but
> came up with nothing. All free java html renderers I found were
> terribly outdated. There are several proprietary modules (eg ICEsoft)
> out there, but I found even those to be rather disappointing in terms
> of features and correct rendering.
>
> Depending on what you need, a possible solution is to embed an
> existing browser (Mozilla, IE, ...) into your java application.
>
> You could also have a look at:
> http://www.kaffe.org/ftp/pub/packages/pocketlinux/
> http://java-source.net/open-source/html-parsers
>

PS: In the end I used the Calpa html browser, available from
http://htmlbrowser.sourceforge.net/
.