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It is under MVC pattern. Please see https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/spotting-the-mvc-pattern-in-the-netbeans-platform

The way it is structured is to allow modular application design with design pattern (not only MVC but almost all 14 design pattern are used in alkitab bible study).

Note: Alkitab Bible Study is build on top of Netbeans Platform and JSword Library.

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And please see https://www.appservgrid.com/refcards/refcards/dzonerefcards/rc080-010d-netbeans-platform_2.pdf
It helps to undertand netbeans platform where alkitab is build on top.

The modular application framework allows module/plugins to be attached/detached at runtime without affecting the rest of application. For example, you can create plugin that provide alternative view to bible text/book, create a menu or action to interact and can safely attach that plugin at runtime and voila your menu/action appear in there, then safely detached (remove plugin) and voila you menu/view/etc is gone during runtime without affecting the application.

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Ok thanks I will look at the links you have given.

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To make it easier to understand in term of MVC

• in terms of MVC, Netbeans Platform is the the Controller, Alkitab is the the View, JSwod is the Model.
• Alkitab provide View for the Model (bible text, verse, list of books, etc) by querying using JSword API
• Netbeans Platform act as Controller and Container for the View, by providing lifecycle management, registration handle (menu, action, plugins, etc) for View,

But it is recommended to not think as MVC, but as modular application framework instead.

• The use of lookup is extensively used (either using direct code, annotation, or xml layer)
• Each namespace is a module (eg: bookshelf namespace, bookviewer namespace, etc)
• Whenever possible each view is provided as JPanel/JComponent (basic standard java swing) and finally wrapped in TopComponent (Netbeans specific things)

Note the concept of Lookup is very important for modular application framework and heavily used. Lookup is provided by netbeans (netbeans specific things), It is modeled after Event Bus design pattern and observer/subscriber/consumer pattern.

• https://dzone.com/articles/design-patterns-event-bus
• https://hackernoon.com/event-bus-implementation-s-d2854a9fafd5
• http://wiki.netbeans.org/DevFaqLookup
• https://dzone.com/articles/netbeans-lookups-explained

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Thanks a lot.

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