NetBeans API Changes since Last Release

Current Development Version

10 Feb 2012

This document highlights changes in NetBeans APIs since previous version (i.e. 25 Nov 2011). There are also other documents that list changes made for release 4.1, release 5.0, release 5.5, release 6.0, release 6.1, release 6.5, release 6.7, release 6.8, release 6.9, release 6.9.1, release 7.0, release 7.0.1, and release 7.1.

(Feb 7 '12) org-netbeans-modules-extexecution: SPI to allow extending process startup
(Feb 3 '12) org-openide-filesystems: SPI for Additions to System File System
(Feb 2 '12) org-openide-filesystems: Annotations to declare MIME type
(Jan 30 '12) org-netbeans-modules-versioning: Added VCSHistoryProvider
(Jan 26 '12) org-netbeans-modules-java-source: Added SourceUtils.waitUserActionTask.
(Jan 26 '12) org-netbeans-modules-java-source: Added TaskIndexingMode into JavaSourceTaskFactorys
(Jan 26 '12) org-netbeans-modules-parsing-api: Added IndexingAwareParserResultTask which is a specialization of ParserResultTask which can be executed during scan.
(Jan 25 '12) org-netbeans-swing-tabcontrol: Allow custom implementation of tab control.
(Jan 25 '12) org-openide-windows: Added branding options to replace the custom TabbedContainer with plain Swing JTabbedPane.
(Jan 23 '12) org-openide-loaders: Introduced DataObject.Registration
(Jan 20 '12) org-netbeans-modules-project-ant: Added AntProjectHelper.createSharabilityQuery2
(Jan 20 '12) org-openide-execution: NbClassLoader(FileObject[], ...) does not throw FileStateInvalidException
(Jan 20 '12) org-openide-filesystems: Introduced FileObject.toURI
(Jan 18 '12) org-apache-tools-ant-module: Added TargetLister.Target.getOriginatingScript
(Jan 13 '12) org-netbeans-modules-j2eeserver: Added CommonServerBridge utility class to provide mapping of instance url to common api server instance.
(Jan 13 '12) org-netbeans-modules-projectuiapi: Adding ability to create a file sensitive action with custom performer
(Jan 13 '12) org-netbeans-modules-queries: SharabilityQuery and CollocationQuery extended to use URI
(Jan 13 '12) org-netbeans-modules-server: The ServerInstance implements Lookup.Provider
(Jan 13 '12) org-openide-filesystems: Provides default line separator
(Jan 12 '12) org-netbeans-spi-navigator: Added @NavigatorPanel.Registration
(Jan 10 '12) org-netbeans-core-netigso: Is archive active?
(Jan 6 '12) org-netbeans-modules-keyring: Keyring API usable from any thread
(Jan 6 '12) org-openide-awt: Added Actions.forID
(Jan 3 '12) org-netbeans-libs-git: Initial version of the API
(Jan 3 '12) org-openide-nodes: ChildFactory.createKeys better supports incremental display
(Jan 3 '12) org-openide-util: @NbBundle.Messages available on fields
(Jan 2 '12) org-netbeans-swing-outline: RowMapping is enhanced to cache the transformed value.
(Dec 31 '11) org-netbeans-modules-masterfs: External change notifiers in separate modules
(Dec 31 '11) org-netbeans-modules-sendopts: @Arg annotation
(Dec 22 '11) org-netbeans-modules-server: Added UI helper method CommonServerUIs.showAddServerInstanceWizard
(Dec 21 '11) org-netbeans-modules-refactoring-api: Added CopyRefactoring to support Copy of multiple files.
(Dec 20 '11) org-netbeans-modules-extexecution: New API method to open IO tab on error
(Dec 19 '11) org-netbeans-api-debugger: Added a possibility to enable/disable other breakpoints when one is hit.
(Dec 15 '11) org-apache-tools-ant-module: Added AntSession.getProperties
(Dec 14 '11) org-openide-awt: Added lazy attribute to ActionRegistration
(Dec 13 '11) org-openide-util: HelpCtx.display added
(Dec 12 '11) org-netbeans-modules-projectuiapi: Will open project notification
(Dec 9 '11) org-netbeans-core-multiview: Validate icons
(Dec 1 '11) org-netbeans-modules-nbjunit: System property branding.token
(Dec 1 '11) org-netbeans-modules-projectui: Added ProjectTemplates
(Nov 30 '11) org-netbeans-modules-java-source: Added TreePathHandle.getElementHandle.
(Nov 29 '11) org-netbeans-modules-parsing-api: Added ConstrainedBinaryIndexer.Registration.namePattern to allow indexers to use name pattern rather than expensive mime type.
(Nov 29 '11) org-openide-filesystems: Introduced FileObject.revert
(Nov 28 '11) org-netbeans-api-annotations-common: Added StaticResource