NetBeans API Changes since Last Release

Version 7.0

8 Apr 2011

This document highlights changes in NetBeans APIs since previous version (e.g. since 05 May 2010). 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, and release 6.9.1.

(Mar 7 '11) org-netbeans-modules-java-project: Added showAlert method into theBrokenReferencesSupport
(Feb 21 '11) org-netbeans-modules-java-sourceui: Added asynchronous version of getText method into ElementJavadoc
(Feb 15 '11) org-netbeans-modules-autoupdate-ui: PluginManager.openInstallWizard
(Feb 15 '11) org-openide-windows: Allow custom painted background in the main IDE window.
(Feb 10 '11) org-netbeans-modules-autoupdate-services: External NBM contents
(Feb 7 '11) org-openide-text:
(Feb 2 '11) org-netbeans-modules-java-project: Added LibraryDefiner
(Feb 1 '11) org-openide-util: NetworkSettings added
(Jan 27 '11) org-openide-filesystems: FileObject.getFileObject accepts ".."
(Jan 21 '11) org-netbeans-modules-java-source: JavaSource.runModificationTask can run on source-less JavaSources
(Jan 10 '11) org-netbeans-modules-autoupdate-services: Icons for update centers
(Jan 10 '11) org-openide-util: ImageUtilities support "url" attribute
(Dec 22 '10) org-openide-util: New implementation of WeakSet with two new methods putIfAbsent and resize
(Dec 14 '10) org-openide-actions: SelectionType ANY in SaveAction
(Dec 10 '10) org-netbeans-modules-java-source: Added a method for checking the existence of the main method using index only
(Dec 8 '10) org-openide-util: Added @NbBundle.Messages
(Nov 30 '10) org-netbeans-modules-settings: Factory methods can be private
(Nov 30 '10) org-openide-windows: Register default TopComponent location via annotations
(Nov 24 '10) org-openide-filesystems: setAttribute("methodvalue:attrname", method) and "newvalue:"
(Nov 24 '10) org-openide-text: Better support for vi mode
(Nov 23 '10) org-openide-windows: Reuse existing JFrame instance (if any) as IDE's main window.
(Nov 22 '10) org-netbeans-modules-db: Allow specify display name of the DatabaseConnection
(Nov 16 '10) org-openide-explorer: It's possible to define whether the quick search is enabled or disabled in TreeView.
(Nov 12 '10) org-netbeans-api-debugger: Evaluate action is made generic, based on action providers.
(Nov 12 '10) org-netbeans-modules-java-source: DisjointTypeTree renamed to DisjunctiveTypeTree, AnnotationTypeTree has been removed
(Nov 8 '10) org-netbeans-modules-javahelp: Added @HelpSetRegistration
(Oct 25 '10) org-openide-filesystems: XMLFileSystem's newvalue can create private instances
(Oct 12 '10) org-netbeans-modules-java-source: Added several methods to support new API for modeling JDK7 features.
(Oct 7 '10) org-openide-loaders: Removed org.openide.loaders.DataFolder.lazy
(Oct 4 '10) org-netbeans-modules-editor-mimelookup: Class2LayerFolder Deprecated and not used
(Oct 4 '10) org-netbeans-modules-editor-mimelookup: @MimeLocation, @MimeRegistration and @MimeRegistrations added
(Oct 4 '10) org-openide-explorer: It's possible to define whether the default action is allowed or not in OutlineView.
(Sep 30 '10) org-openide-filesystems: FileUtil.normalizePath added
(Sep 27 '10) org-netbeans-modules-java-source: Added TreeMaker.CompilationUnit(List<AnnotationTree>, ...), TreeMaker.addPackageAnnotation, TreeMaker.insertPackageAnnotation, TreeMaker.removePackageAnnotation methods.
(Sep 16 '10) org-netbeans-modules-java-source: Added TreeMaker.QualIdent(String) and TreeMaker.Type(String) method.
(Sep 10 '10) org-netbeans-api-debugger: Allow multiple debugger service registrations and position order
(Sep 10 '10) org-openide-filesystems: FileObject.createAndOpen
(Sep 9 '10) org-openide-nodes: A mechanism to provide node's children lazily.
(Sep 8 '10) org-netbeans-modules-java-source: Added TreeUtilities.translate method.
(Sep 8 '10) org-openide-util: Supress logging of not important exceptions
(Sep 5 '10) org-openide-awt: New @ActionReference annotations
(Aug 16 '10) org-openide-text: Ability to inject actions into editor tab context menus
(Aug 10 '10) org-openide-awt: New @ActionRegistration annotations
(Aug 5 '10) org-netbeans-modules-editor-lib2: Typing Hooks SPI added
(Jul 22 '10) org-openide-modules: Module names can contain Java keywords
(Jul 19 '10) org-openide-modules: Quicker way to find owner of a class
(Jul 13 '10) org-netbeans-modules-java-source: Added TypeUtilities.getTypeName method.
(Jul 8 '10) org-netbeans-api-java: Added notifications about source level changes into SourceLevelQuery
(Jul 7 '10) org-openide-explorer: OutlineView can provide horizontal scroll bar in the tree column.
(Jun 29 '10) org-netbeans-modules-java-sourceui: Adding cancelable version of ElementJavadoc.create
(Jun 29 '10) org-openide-awt: Introducing UndoRedo.Provider
(Jun 24 '10) org-netbeans-modules-projectapi: Added ProjectIconAnnotator
(Jun 9 '10) org-netbeans-modules-editor-settings: Adding SimpleValueNames.ON_SAVE_REMOVE_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
(Jun 7 '10) org-netbeans-spi-viewmodel: Custom table cell renderers and editors.
(May 17 '10) org-netbeans-api-visual: Enhancement of the old layout and adding the possibility of minimizing the gaps between nodes.
(May 17 '10) org-openide-modules: New native library lookup mechanism