How to use HTML or XML described visual forms for data entry in Java app?

Hi,
We are considering to use HTML as a mean of configuration for visual content and layout of data entry dialogs in our Java GUI applications. Java program will need to be able to populate/collect data into/from dialog controls. I am guessing that JEditorPane and FormView classes could be used for this but I have not figured out yet how to do this.
I would really appreciate any help you could provide with respect to this. Please share any tips, utilities, references, etc. Maybe one can suggest non-HTML (e.g. XML, UIML, ...) way to achieve the same requirements and recommend some utilities respectively.
Thanks.
-Vitaly

Just to clarify, we need a solution for Java application (no applet, no web server, no servlets, no JSPs, no EJBs).
-Vitaly

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