UiStartDevelopment

GUI Programming

Introduction

SwingExplorer is no longer available from its Developers. This project was originally hosted on Google Code (now Archived). Please check this issue before you use it.

Getting started with GUI programming is hard. A graphical tool, that lets you inspect the internal structure can help to understand how a user interface is composed. SwingExplorer can be used for such purpose.

Setup Run Configuration for SwingExplorer

1. First, setup your desired branch of ZAP in eclipse, as described under Building. In this setup I did it for the websockets branch.
2. Download swexpl.jar and swag.jar from SwingExplorer. You have to provide your name and your e-mail address. However, the software is freeware.
3. Place the jar-files into your eclipse project under a new folder named swingexplorer.
4. In eclipse go to Menu > Run > Run Configurations: 1. right click onto Java Application and select New 1. select your ZAP project if it is not already selected 1. as Main Class enter

org.swingexplorer.Launcher

1. in the `Arguments` tab enter:
  * as _Program Argument_

org.zaproxy.zap.ZAP

  * as _VM Arguments_

-javaagent:../swingexplorer/swag.jar
-Xbootclasspath/a:../swingexplorer/swag.jar
-Dswex.mport=63812
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote

  * as _Working directory_ select _Custom_ and enter (as you've done with the run configuration for ZAP)

${workspace_loc:zaproxy-websockets/bin}

1. in the _Classpath_ tab select _User Entries_ and press the _Add JARs_ button: select the `swexpl.jar` from your `swingexplorer` directory
1. Finally _Apply_ the settings and _Run_ your new configuration

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