<s>
The	O
Application	B-Language
Foundation	I-Language
Classes	I-Language
(	O
AFC	O
)	O
were	O
a	O
graphical	O
framework	O
for	O
building	O
Java-based	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
(	O
GUIs	B-Application
)	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
shipped	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
SDK	O
for	O
Java	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
AFC	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Abstract	B-Language
Window	I-Language
Toolkit	I-Language
(	O
AWT	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
its	O
architecture	O
made	O
it	O
easier	O
to	O
extend	O
components	O
to	O
better	O
fit	O
user	O
needs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AFC	O
components	O
were	O
announced	O
to	O
be	O
cross-platform	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
worked	O
better	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Language
Java	I-Language
Virtual	I-Language
Machine	I-Language
,	O
and	O
support	O
on	O
non-Windows	O
platform	O
was	O
problematic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
of	O
AFC	O
(	O
along	O
with	O
J/Direct	B-Language
(	O
instead	O
of	O
JNI	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
WFC	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
an	O
effort	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
to	O
gain	O
leadership	O
on	O
the	O
growing	O
Java	B-Language
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
Foundation	I-Language
Classes	I-Language
,	O
interest	O
for	O
AFC	O
dropped	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
later	O
were	O
no	O
longer	O
maintained	O
.	O
</s>
