FAQ

What is MDIFramework?

MDIFramework is a Java based toolkit to ease applications developement.

How to use this library?

See the various tutorials.

What distribution must I use?

See the distribution article.

Which version of Java should I use?

The latest version of the project require Java 8.

What is the history of this project, and what is its roadmap?

This project is a copy of the java.net project of the same name https://java.net/projects/mdiframework. I own the two projects, and I ported the java.net project infrastructure to sourceforge because java.net hosting infrastructure will close soon (April 2017).

The associated java.net project exists since 2006.

I want to localize my application, is it possible?

Yes, see localization

I want to handle the command line arguments for specific actions, how can I do it?

See Command-line

I want to understand how the application configuration is handled

See Configuration to see how the configuration is handled, and settings to see how to manage the settings.

Is it possible to share a configuration between several Plugins?

Yes, see Named configurations.

I have a strange error, what's going on?

See Troubleshooting.