Re: [ajug-members]: Swing applet scenario, multiple choice

["Joseph Talafous" <jtalafous@lycos.com>]

Sounds like a job for JTree


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DATE: Wed, 26 May 2004 12:10:19
From: Barry Hawkins <barry@allthingscomputed.com>
To: AJUG List Members <ajug-members@ajug.org>
Cc: 

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>List,
>	I have a question for you.  I have a client with a requirement I have 
>not had to deal with before.  They have a web application that has 
>functionality that is somewhat similar to making an organization chart. 
>  Currently, the application creates a structure for an organization and 
>provides a view of that structure through a tree, much like the left 
>pane of Windows Explorer.
>	What the client now wants to do is replace this tree view with a view 
>that graphically depicts an organizational chart, much like what you 
>would do with Visio or drawing in Word.  They also want to be able to 
>create new elements of the organizational hierarchy within this 
>graphical view.  It sounds to me like a modeling/drawing API would be 
>required to do something like this.  Keep in mind they are saying they 
>want this as a web application.
>	My initial take on this is that it would require a sizable amount of 
>work in Swing applets that would most likely be cost prohibitive.  I 
>haven't done much in Swing, and from what I learned in Charlie 
>Hubbard's talk on Swing and layout managers at DevCon 2004, this sounds 
>like a seasoned, guru-level task, cost concerns aside.  If anyone has 
>faced something like this and can share your lessons learned from it, 
>that would be great.
>	So, now the question:
>
>Given this scenario, would you:
>
>a.) Politely turn down the request for proposal and back away slowly.
>b.) Assure the client of this requirement's viability and hop right on 
>it.
>c.) Advise the client that this could be done, but would be cost 
>prohibitive.
>d.) None of the above
>e.) All of the above 8^)
>
>	Thanks in advance for taking the time to look at this.
>
>Regards,
>Barry C. Hawkins
>All Things Computed
>site: www.allthingscomputed.com
>weblog: www.yepthatsme.com
>
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