Rails for Java Desktop MVC

I'm looking for a desktop application framework similar to Rails/Django but for Java desktop GUI's:

• Good ORM (xml, db, whatever)
• MVC
• Default directory structure
• View Helpers / CRUD support
• Open Source & Mature

Basically, I want to define a large number of models for a desktop开发者_运维技巧 application either in Java or schemas and have a simplistic GUI framework generated to begin extending.

Does anything out there do this or come close?

Thanks.

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You might try looking at Griffon: http://griffon.codehaus.org/. It's an MVC framework using the Groovy scripting language.

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How about Monkeybars? It's a nice JRuby MVC framework (somewhat inspired by Rails, I think) that runs on top of Swing; you can use any ORM you like with it. I've had a lot of luck with it.

I was using Swinger for testing, but according to http://jeffkreeftmeijer.com/2011/capybara-ate-swinger/ , I think Capybara will now drive Swing apps.

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While it isn't quite spot on, have you looked at grails (http://grails.org)?

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You can take a look at scala. If you prefer Ruby, then you might try JRuby.

Today, Web applications run smoothly just like desktop apps using ajax. Ext js is a good example.