JDIC - JDesktop Integration Components

jdic: JDIC Documentation: "JDIC API

The JDIC API provides an interface from applications to the native desktop.
API Documentation (javadoc): Browsable API specification. This documentation is also included in the JDIC download for offline viewing. The JDIC API contains four packages:

org.jdesktop.jdic.init: Provides the initialization information for JDIC to set the environment variables or initialize the set up for native libraries and executable files.

org.jdesktop.jdic.browser: Provides an AWT component to enable the embedding of the desktop's web browsing component into Java applications and applets. The API supports URL navigation, a basic history mechanism, and progress notification.

org.jdesktop.jdic.desktop: A set of APIs to launch native applications, including the document viewer applications associated with a particular file type, the system browser, and the system mailer.

org.jdesktop.jdic.filetypes: A set of APIs to associate document viewer applications with file types.

org.jdesktop.jdic.tray: A set of APIs to to create tray icons on the desktop."