FAQ

What is MDIUtilities?

MDIutilities is a Java library prodiving various utility classes, mainly useful in Swing or JavaFX development.

What distribution must I use?

See the distribution article.

Which version of Java should I use?

The latest version of the project require Java 7.

Help, I used the project before, and now it does not compile anymore!

This is because some Swing classes were moved to specific packages. See 1.0 breaking changes for more information.

I use the NestableURLConnection, but i have a MalformedURLException, and I don't know why

If you use nestable zip protocols, Java does not support the zip protocol, you will need to use the ZipStreamHandlerFactory class to support this protocol.

If you use nestable jar protocols, unfortunately, Java does explicitly throw an exception since some time if you even try to create a nested jar. If you can, rather use nested zips.

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 "mdiutilities.dev.java.net". I own the two projects, and I ported the java.net project infrastructure to sourceforge because java.net hosting infrastructure has been closed (April 2017).

The associated java.net project exists since 2006.