ARINC 661 support

This article presents an overview of ARINC661 notions supported by the J661 project.

Meta-definition

The arincWidgets.xml specifies the list of supported symbols, extensions, and widgets by the J661 server and client.

ARINC 661 notions

ARINC 661 Notion	Supported	Comment
Binary Definition Files parsing	X
XML Definition Files parsing	X
StyleSet and Look and Feel	X
Map Management	X
Symbol Definition Language	X
Widgets extensions	X
SuperLayer	X
Picture Definition in Definition File	-	Global pictures are supported
Animation Laws	-	Animations are taken into account, but the Laws are not specified through the XML file
ASCII extended character Set	X
UTF8 character Set	X
Special characters definition	X	Specified in the J661 Meta-definition, the XML format specified in the standard is not used
UACDS Interface	X	Supported in the Editor and the Client
Look Modelling	X	Supported in the Editor

Supported widgets

Initial release

Widget Name	Supported	Comment
ActiveArea	X
BasicContainer	X
BlinkingContainer	X
BufferFormat	X
BufferFormat	X
CheckButton	X
ComboBox	X
Connector	X
CursorPosOverlay	X
EditBoxMasked	X
EditBoxNumeric	X
EditBoxText	X
GpArcEllipse	X
GpArcCircle	X
GpCrown	X
GpLine	X
GpLinePolar	X
GpRectangle	X
GpTriangle	X
Picture	X
Label	X
LabelComplex	Swing only
MapHorzItemList	X
MapHorzSource	X
MapHorz	X
MaskContainer	X
Panel	X
PicturePushButton	X
PictureToggleButton	X
PopupPanel	X
PopupMenu	X
PopupMenuButton	X
PushButton	X
RadioBox	X
RotationContainer	X
ScrollPanel	X
ScrollList	X
Symbol	X
TabbedPanel	X
TabbedPanelGroup	X
ToggleButton	X
TranslationContainer	X

Supplement 1

Widget Name	Supported	Comment
MapGrid	-
ExternalSource	X	A J661 API allows to define the source to use
MapVert	X
MapVertSource	X
MapVertItemList	X
EditBoxMultiLine	X
ComboBoxEdit	X
MenuBar	X

Supplement 2

Widget Name	Supported	Comment
MutuallyExclusiveContainer	X
ProxyButton	-
WatchDogContainer	X
Slider	X
PictureAnimated	X
SymbolAnimated	X

Supplement 3

Widget Name	Supported	Comment
EditBoxNumericBCD	X
CursorRef	X
CursorOver	X
FocusLink	X
FocusIn / FocusOut	-	Same functionality as FocusLink
SizeToFitContainer	X
ShuffleToFitContainer	X

Supplement 4

Widget Name	Supported	Comment
SymbolPushButton	-
SymbolToggleButton	-
PopUpPanelButton	X

Supplement 5

Widget Name	Supported	Comment
GpPolyline	X
PagingContainer	-
NumericReadout	X
MapHorzContainer	X
MapHorzPanel	X
DataScalingLong	X
DataScalingULong	X
DataScalingFR180	X
BroadcastReceiver	X
NoServiceMonitor	X

Supplement 6

Widget Name	Supported	Comment
MultiStateButton	X
KeyboardArea	X
ScrollWheelArea	X
MapHorzVertexBuffer	-
TouchArea	JavaFX only
GestureArea	JavaFX only
InkArea	-
AnimationOnParam	JavaFX only
AnimationRotation	JavaFX only
AnimationScale	JavaFX only
AnimationTranslation	JavaFX only
AnimationGroup	JavaFX only
MapVertContainer	X
MapVertPanel	X
MapBoundary	-
DataConnector	X	Limited functionality
EventHandler	-
FramingRefreshContainer	-

Supplement 7

Supplement 7 is currently in specification.

Widget Name	Supported	Comment
ScaleContainer	-

Supported extensions

ARINC extensions were added for supplement 5.

Supplement 4

Extension Name	Supported	Comment
DirectionalTabbingExtension	X
CursorEventsExtension	X
LegendStringAlignedExtension	-
VisibleChildIndexExtension	X	Unsupported on TabbedPanelGroup widget
InitialFocusExtension	X
FocusStopExtension	X
CursorShapeExtension	-

Supplement 5

Extension Name	Supported	Comment
PictureExtension	-
SymbolExtension	-
TicsArrayExtension	X
StyleSetExtension	-
StaticParamBufferExtension	X	Binary Definition File format not supported
MultiSelectionExtension	-
ExcludedRegionExtension	-
BoundaryCheckExtension	-

Supplement 7

Extension Name	Supported	Comment
ReorderExtension	-

Supplement 8

No new Extensions were supported in Supplement 8.

Supplement 8

Extension Name	Supported	Comment
CursorMapEventsExtension	-

Supported MapItems

Initial release to Supplement 2

MapItem Name	Supported	Comment
FilledPolyStart	X
ItemStyle	X
Legend	X
LegendAnchor	X
LegendPopUp	X
LineStart	X
LineSegment	X
LineArc	X
ItemSynchronization	X
NotUsed	X
SymbolGeneric	X
SymbolRotated	X
SymbolCircle	X
SymbolOval	X
SymbolRunway	X

Supplement 3

MapItem Name	Supported	Comment
SymbolTarget	X
TriangleEnd	X
TriangleEndDouble	X
TriangleFanStart	X
TriangleSegment	X
TriangleSegmentDouble	X
TriangleStripStart	X

Supplement 4

MapItem Name	Supported	Comment
DrawLineToCursor	X
LegendAnchorRotated	X
SymbolRectangle	X

Supplement 5

MapItem Name	Supported	Comment
LegendCombo	-
LegendHighlight	-

Supplement 6

MapItem Name	Supported	Comment
BoundaryCheck	-
ParkingLineStart	-
ParkingLineEnd	-
ParkableSymbol	-

Supplement 7

MapItem Name	Supported	Comment
BoundaryCheck	-
ParkingLineStart	-
ParkingLineEnd	-
ParkableSymbol	-

Supported Symbols

Initial release to Supplement 2

SymbolCommand Name	Supported	Comment
Focus	-
Highlight	-
SetColor	X
SetLineStyle	X
SetFont	X
SetHalo	X
LegendAnchor	-
ArcEllipse	X
ArcCircle	X
Crown	-
Line	X
LinePolar	X
Polyline	X
Rectangle	X
Triangle	X
TriangleFan	X
TriangleStrip	X
Text	X

Supplement 3

SymbolCommand Name	Supported	Comment
SensitiveArea	-
Size	-	Size has been deprecated in Supplement 4

Supplement 4

No new SymbolCommands were introduced in Supplement 4.

Supplement 5

SymbolCommand Name	Supported	Comment
BoudingRectangle	-
BoudingCircle	-
SetTranslation	X
SetRotation	X
StartGroup	X
EndGroup	X

Supplement 6

SymbolCommand Name	Supported	Comment
SetScale	X
SymbolReference	X