Cocktail is a Code Generation Tool for Java that represents the program structures in Trees. A programmer can create a program in Java by adding new components as leaves in the tree. Cocktail generates Java Source Code for the tree developed which can be then compiled and run. The Tree structure is stored in a XML format. Cocktail uses the tree structure to represent the Models (data) and Views (UI). This simplifies the structure of a program making it easier to code and maintain. 

Cocktail's Visual Representation of a Java Program is very intuitive. For a Beginner, Cocktail provides a jumpstart to Java and Swing, the GUI toolkit for java. An Expert Programmer can use Cocktail as a Java Swing/XUL Guibuilder tool for developing GUI screens based on Layout's Concept. 

Cocktail enforces Model-View-Controller architecture which is one of the core design patterns. MVC is pervasive in SWING Architecture. Adapting to MVC architecture without much effort, provides vast advantage from developing, code reuse and better maintainability.  

System Requirements: 

All classes are written exclusively in the Java(tm) Programming Language and may be used with JDK 1.2 and above conformant system,including Java2 conformant systems. 

Average Download Times
(Your download time may vary)
* 56K Modem - 7 minutes, 10 seconds.
* ISDN - 2 minutes, 59 seconds.
* T1 - 15 seconds.