Introduction

This document lists changes made to the MultiView API/SPI.

Index of APIs

MultiView SPI

Incompatible changes by date

Fuller descriptions of all changes can be found below (follow links).

Not all deprecations are listed here, assuming that the deprecated APIs continue to essentially work. For a full deprecation list, please consult the Javadoc.

All changes by date

(Sep 14 '07) Added marker interface SourceViewMarker to identify elements with sourcecode.
(May 4 '04) Added factory methods to create multiview component

Changes by version

These API specification versions may be used to indicate that a module requires a certain API feature in order to function. For example, if you see here a feature you need which is labelled 1.20, your manifest should contain in its main attributes the line:

OpenIDE-Module-Module-Dependencies: org.netbeans.core.multiview > 1.20

(1.10) Added marker interface SourceViewMarker to identify elements with sourcecode.
(1.1) Added factory methods to create multiview component

Changes by affected class

`org.netbeans.core.spi.multiview.MultiViewFactory`

(May 4 '04) Added factory methods to create multiview component

`org.netbeans.core.spi.multiview.SourceViewMarker`

(Sep 14 '07) Added marker interface SourceViewMarker to identify elements with sourcecode.

Details of all changes by API and date

MultiView SPI

Added marker interface SourceViewMarker to identify elements with sourcecode.

Sep 14 '07; API spec. version: 1.10; affected top-level classes: SourceViewMarker; made by: mkleint; issues: #68912
Adding a marker interface for MultiViewDescription instances that allows to identify them as containing source code. The associated MultiViewElement's visual representation is assumed to implement CloneableEditorSupport.Pane interface.

Added factory methods to create multiview component

May 4 '04; API spec. version: 1.1; affected top-level classes: MultiViewFactory; made by: mkleint; issues: #42646
Additional factory methods to MultiViewFactory added: createCloneableMultiView() The existing createMultiView() is now guaranteed not to return CloneableTopComponent instance. Please note that editors can only be embedded in cloneanle multiview component.