<s>
Lightweight	B-Language
User	I-Language
Interface	I-Language
Toolkit	I-Language
(	O
LWUIT	B-Language
)	O
is	O
a	O
Widget	O
toolkit	O
developed	O
by	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
to	O
enable	O
easier	O
Java	B-Language
ME	I-Language
user	O
interface	O
development	O
for	O
existing	O
devices	O
,	O
including	O
not	O
only	O
traditional	O
Java	B-Language
ME	I-Language
environments	O
like	O
mobile	O
phones	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
TVs	O
and	O
set	O
top	O
boxes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LWUIT	B-Language
is	O
inspired	O
by	O
Swing	B-Language
and	O
supports	O
many	O
of	O
its	O
features	O
including	O
pluggable	O
look	B-Application
and	I-Application
feel	I-Application
,	O
layout	O
managers	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LWUIT	B-Language
was	O
created	O
by	O
Chen	O
Fishbein	O
of	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
Israel	O
development	O
center	O
(	O
SIDC	O
)	O
who	O
started	O
developing	O
LWUIT	B-Language
for	O
an	O
internal	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
grew	O
at	O
which	O
point	O
Shai	O
Almog	O
joined	O
the	O
project	O
which	O
was	O
announced	O
at	O
JavaOne	O
2008	O
,	O
following	O
the	O
announcement	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
made	O
open	O
source	O
by	O
Sun	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-Application
with	I-Application
ClassPath	I-Application
Exception	I-Application
license	O
and	O
gained	O
wide	O
acceptance	O
within	O
the	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LWUIT	B-Language
is	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Lightweight	O
UI	O
Toolkit	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
word	O
lightweight	O
is	O
used	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
Swing	B-Language
to	O
indicate	O
a	O
component	O
model	O
that	O
performs	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
own	O
rendering/event	O
handling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LWUIT	B-Language
is	O
very	O
different	O
from	O
Swing	B-Language
and	O
has	O
taken	O
on	O
features	O
unavailable	O
in	O
Swing	B-Language
such	O
as	O
theming	O
,	O
painters	O
,	O
animations	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
MVC	O
,	O
layout	O
managers	O
,	O
renders	O
and	O
the	O
EDT	B-Language
are	O
directly	O
related	O
to	O
Swing	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
LWUIT	B-Language
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
Component/Container	O
hierarchy	O
composite	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LWUIT	B-Language
is	O
constantly	O
ranked	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
active	O
java.net	O
projects	O
and	O
its	O
forums	O
are	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
active	O
forums	O
in	O
the	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
