Hans pointed out what Application Framework is not - It's not modules for Java, data binding, XML schema for Swing, a new set of Swing components, or the NetBeans Platform.

Hundreds of attendees for Sun's fourth annual NetBeans Day in San Francisco will get a glimpse of the future of NetBeans today as Sun shows off the latest preview release of NetBeans 6.0.

With support for OSGi and Swing, NetBeans Platform supports the standard UI toolkit and module system, providing for modular, rich client development, the NetBeans team said.