Markdown with javax.swing

Question

I am new to javax.swing, so sorry if my question seems obvious.

I have a markdown file, what would be the correct class/way to represent it using javax.swing?

I have not found a straightforward answer in internet...is it possible to represent a markdown file in an easy way? I don't need to modify it, just show the content.

Thanks everyone

Answer 1

This is fairly involved.

There is no swing component that 'natively' renders markdown. There are libraries though, which are entirely unrelated to swing, that turn markdown into something else, usually, HTML.

And there are swing components that render HTML.

1+1 = 2.

Using TxtMark :

public void renderMarkdown(String md) {
  String html = txtmark.Processor.process(md);
  JEditorPane editor = ...;
  editor.setContentType("text/html");
  editor.setText(html);
}

renderMarkdown("Hey, *this seems* not __too difficult__");