<s>
synth	O
is	O
a	O
skinnable	B-Application
Java	B-Language
look	I-Language
and	I-Language
feel	I-Language
,	O
which	O
is	O
configured	O
with	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
property	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
synth	O
is	O
available	O
beginning	O
with	O
version	O
J2SE	O
5.0	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
(	O
see	O
Java	B-Language
version	O
history	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java	B-Language
SE	O
6	O
Update	O
10	O
release	O
and	O
newer	O
contain	O
Nimbus	O
,	O
a	O
cross-platform	O
Look	O
and	O
Feel	O
implemented	O
with	O
Synth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
for	O
backwards	O
compatibility	O
,	O
Metal	O
is	O
still	O
the	O
default	O
Swing	B-Language
look	O
and	O
feel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Synth	O
is	O
a	O
skinnable	B-Application
look	O
and	O
feel	O
in	O
which	O
all	O
painting	O
is	O
delegated	O
to	O
the	O
components	O
,	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
write	O
any	O
code	O
(	O
see	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
synth	O
does	O
not	O
provide	O
a	O
default	O
look	O
,	O
and	O
components	O
that	O
are	O
not	O
defined	O
in	O
the	O
synth	O
XML	B-Protocol
file	O
will	O
not	O
be	O
painted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
XML	B-Protocol
declaration	O
defines	O
a	O
style	O
named	O
textfield	O
and	O
binds	O
it	O
to	O
all	O
text	O
fields	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supposing	O
that	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
declaration	O
is	O
defined	O
in	O
a	O
file	O
named	O
synthExample.xml	O
,	O
the	O
following	O
code	O
loads	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
definition	O
file	O
and	O
sets	O
the	O
current	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
to	O
synth	O
(	O
loading	O
a	O
synth	B-Language
Look	I-Language
and	I-Language
Feel	I-Language
is	O
done	O
using	O
the	O
load	O
method	O
of	O
the	O
class	O
)	O
:	O
</s>
