JavaFX - WebServices

JavaFX provides API to perform asynchronous HTTP request and also utilize RESTful webservices. It also provides parsers for XML and JSON data formats.

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• RSS and ATOM Task
• Custom Feed Parsers

HttpRequest class provides way to specify a location (HTTP URL) and transfer data via InputStream and OutputStream.

def httpRequest = HttpRequest {          location: "http://news.google.com/?output=rss"     method: HttpRequest.GET          onInput: function(in: java.io.InputStream) {         try {             // Read the content from this InputStream             // Pass the InputStream to parser          } finally {             in.close();         }     } } httpRequest.start();

The InputStream obtained from HttpRequest can be parsed using PullParser API. It can parse both XML and JSON data type.

def parser = PullParser {          documentType: PullParser.XML     input: <InputStream obtained from HttpRequest>          onEvent: function(event: Event) {         // Handle events triggered for each node         // and retrieve the data     } } parser.parse();

Now we can utilize these APIs to enhance the existing Image Viewer sample so as to retrieve the photos dynamically from Flickr. Source code for PhotoPullParser.fx and Photo.fx are copied directly from InterestingPhotos sample.

For Applet mode, click on above image

For standalone mode

There are many samples at JavaFX Samples website which uses HttpRequest and PullParser APIs. You can refer to those source code for more information.

• InterestingPhotos – Load photos from Flickr
• LocalSearch – Yahoo LocalSearch APIs
• ShoppingService – Yahoo Shopping-Service APIs
• PhotoFlockr – Search and load photos from Flickr
• RSSViewer – Loads well formatted RSS feedb
• WeatherWidget – Yahoo Weather RSS feed

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Deployment:

• JavaFX_Flickr_Image_Viewer.html
• JavaFX_Flickr_Image_Viewer_browser.jnlp
• JavaFX_Flickr_Image_Viewer.jnlp

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