SWT
E358058
SWT (Standard Widget Toolkit) is a Java-based graphical user interface toolkit developed by the Eclipse Foundation, known for providing native-looking UI components by directly leveraging the underlying operating system’s widgets.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SWT canonical | 3 |
| Standard Widget Toolkit | 2 |
| Eclipse SWT | 1 |
| org.eclipse.swt.graphics package | 1 |
| org.eclipse.swt.widgets package | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3418566 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SWT Context triple: [Eclipse IDE, usesFramework, SWT]
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A.
SWC
SWC is the abbreviation for the Southwest Conference, a former NCAA Division I college athletic conference that primarily featured schools from Texas and the surrounding region.
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B.
Eclipse Rich Client Platform
Eclipse Rich Client Platform is a modular Java framework for building and deploying rich, extensible desktop applications using the Eclipse plug-in architecture.
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C.
twm
twm is one of the earliest and simplest X11 window managers, known for its minimalist, classic stacking interface and role as a reference implementation.
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D.
SWP
SWP is the commonly used acronym for California’s State Water Project, a massive water storage and delivery system supplying water to millions of residents and vast agricultural areas.
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E.
VisualWorks
VisualWorks is a prominent commercial implementation of the Smalltalk programming language, known for its powerful development environment and cross-platform capabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SWT Target entity description: SWT (Standard Widget Toolkit) is a Java-based graphical user interface toolkit developed by the Eclipse Foundation, known for providing native-looking UI components by directly leveraging the underlying operating system’s widgets.
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A.
SWC
SWC is the abbreviation for the Southwest Conference, a former NCAA Division I college athletic conference that primarily featured schools from Texas and the surrounding region.
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B.
Eclipse Rich Client Platform
Eclipse Rich Client Platform is a modular Java framework for building and deploying rich, extensible desktop applications using the Eclipse plug-in architecture.
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C.
twm
twm is one of the earliest and simplest X11 window managers, known for its minimalist, classic stacking interface and role as a reference implementation.
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D.
SWP
SWP is the commonly used acronym for California’s State Water Project, a massive water storage and delivery system supplying water to millions of residents and vast agricultural areas.
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E.
VisualWorks
VisualWorks is a prominent commercial implementation of the Smalltalk programming language, known for its powerful development environment and cross-platform capabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Java library
ⓘ
graphical user interface toolkit ⓘ widget toolkit ⓘ |
| approachComparedToSwing | uses native widgets instead of emulated widgets ⓘ |
| architecture | thin wrapper over native OS GUI APIs ⓘ |
| bindingLanguage | Java ⓘ |
| category |
Java GUI toolkit
ⓘ
cross-platform GUI toolkit ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
JavaFX
ⓘ
Swing ⓘ |
| designGoal | provide native-looking user interfaces ⓘ |
| developer | Eclipse Foundation ⓘ |
| distribution | Eclipse SWT JARs and native libraries ⓘ |
| documentation | https://help.eclipse.org/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclipse/swt/package-summary.html ⓘ |
| fullName |
Standard Widget Toolkit
ⓘ
linked to:
SWT
|
| hasComponent |
org.eclipse.swt.graphics package
ⓘ
linked to:
SWT
org.eclipse.swt.layout package ⓘ org.eclipse.swt.widgets package ⓘ
linked to:
SWT
|
| homepage | https://www.eclipse.org/swt/ ⓘ |
| license | Eclipse Public License ⓘ |
| originalDeveloper | IBM ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eclipse platform
ⓘ
linked to:
Eclipse Rich Client Platform
|
| programmingLanguage | Java ⓘ |
| provides |
accessibility support
ⓘ
drag and drop support ⓘ graphics APIs ⓘ layouts ⓘ printing support ⓘ widgets ⓘ |
| requires | platform-specific native libraries ⓘ |
| runsOn |
Linux
ⓘ
Microsoft Windows ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
macOS ⓘ |
| supports |
custom drawing via GC (graphics context)
ⓘ
desktop applications ⓘ event-driven programming ⓘ high-DPI displays ⓘ internationalization ⓘ |
| supportsLookAndFeel | platform-native look and feel ⓘ |
| targetPlatform | desktop ⓘ |
| usedBy | Eclipse IDE ⓘ |
| usedIn | Rich Client Platform (RCP) applications ⓘ |
| uses |
JNI
ⓘ
linked to:
Java Native Interface (JNI)
native widgets ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: SWT Description of subject: SWT (Standard Widget Toolkit) is a Java-based graphical user interface toolkit developed by the Eclipse Foundation, known for providing native-looking UI components by directly leveraging the underlying operating system’s widgets.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: SWT
linked to: SWT
linked to: SWT