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Reports out of Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference this week indicate a port of Java SWT (Standard Widget Toolkit) to Mac OS X Cocoa is being readied. Currently, Java SWT is implemented via Carbon on OS X, a 32-bit procedural API that provides backward compatibility for existing applications. One of the advantages of porting Java SWT to Cocoa is, other than it being the latest and greatest with bells and whistles, it can support both 32-bit and 64-bit applications. The Mac Observer reports Scott Kovatch, Senior Computer Scientist of Adobe Systems, will be leading the project. He stated Adobe engineers will be working on the project and the company will be making use of the technology in future Adobe projects.