GWT MVC project's aim is to create a layer on top Google Web Toolkit's widget library capable of implementing RIAs in easier and more guided way based on a Model-View-Controller design pattern for the client part.

The MVC of gwt-mvc is a client-hierarchical-mvc

Project Goals

Easy to read controller

Different actions available on a controller are described with an enumeration.

History Tokens

The user actions are managed as the browser actions, making the bookmarking easier.

Test Driven Development

The controllers are testable with simple Test Case (not Gwt Test Case).

Hierarchical MVC

The controller hierarchy allows to delegate a part of a controller responsibilities to its children.

Loading notification

The notification of a long process or an asynchronous call is simplified by a 'maskable', that could be called at each MvcEvent

Lazy Initialisation

Each component has a mechanism to differ the initilalisation from the constructor.

Forms

gwt-mvc contains facilities to build and validate forms.

Project Non-Goals

There's no goal to create or design new widgets.