Sgraphics is a Java based extension to awt. It is based on the ideas of Fresco and InterViews, but is much simpler.
Sgraphics is a glyph based graphical system for drawing graphical objects, like squares and circles. It can also embed AWT components with graphical objects, allowing the user to create rich interfaces. Sgraphics should be used whenever it is necessary to use geometry management within an AWT Canvas, when it is necessary to mix AWT Components and graphical objects, or when more complex geometry management is needed.
Sgraphics can not solve every problem, but is highly effective for graphical layout when good resize behavior is needed and layout can be easily managed by tiling, aligning, and stretching.
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