The Application Foundation Classes (AFC) were a graphical framework for building

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-based

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s (GUIs), developed by

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and shipped as part of the Microsoft SDK for Java. AFC was based on the

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(AWT), but its architecture made it easier to extend components to better fit user needs. AFC components were announced to be cross-platform, but they worked better with Microsoft Java Virtual Machine, and support on non-

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platform was problematic.

History

The release of AFC (along with

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(instead of JNI), and WFC), was part of an effort by Microsoft to gain leadership on the growing

community. With the release of Java Foundation Classes, interest for AFC dropped, and they later were no longer maintained.

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