Overview (Startup)

Startup
Package	Description
org.netbeans.core.startup	The IDE's module system is broken into several layers.
org.netbeans.core.startup.layers

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What is New (see all changes)?

Jan 10 '13 Main.getModuleSystem(false)

Method getModuleSystem(false) to get existing module system without initializing it.
Nov 12 '12 Asynchronous shutdown

Method shutDownAsync to allow asynchronous tasks to accessp EDT. Also in ModuleInstaller and ModuleManager. Also adding method markForRestart into ModuleSystem.
Apr 13 '12 getDefault

Returns instance of AutomaticDependencies based on default list of transformations.
Mar 21 '12 isShowInAutoUpdateClient

Method to allow ergonomics and autoupdate to check if a module is visible in the autoupdate client.
Sep 2 '11 netbeans.productversion property

New property netbeans.productversion is available.

Use Cases

XXX no answer for arch-usecases

Exported Interfaces

This table lists all of the module exported APIs with defined stability classifications. It is generated based on answers to questions about the architecture of the module. Read them all...

Group of java interfaces

Interface Name

In/Out

Stability

Specified in What Document?

Group of systemproperty interfaces

Interface Name	In/Out	Stability	Specified in What Document?
org.netbeans.log.startup	Exported	Friend	If started with `-J-Dorg.netbeans.log.startup=print` parameter, then times of various start operations are printed to console. If the value is `-J-Dorg.netbeans.log.startup=file` then the values are printed into file specified by `-J-Dorg.netbeans.log.startup.logfile=filename`. Since NetBeans 7.1 one can also fill in the file by standard XML format of log messages by using `-J-Dorg.netbeans.log.startup=xml`. Moreover if any module logs data to `Logger.getLogger("org.netbeans.log.startup")` with calls like `log(Level.FINE, "start", "msg")` and `log(Level.FINE, "end", "msg")` or `log(Level.FINE, "progress", "msg")`, then these messages are collected into the start log as well.
netbeans.logger.noSystem	Exported	Friend	Allows unit tests to prevent changes to `System.err` and `System.out` by the logging infrastructure.
org.netbeans.log.numberOfFiles	Exported	Friend	Changes the number of files used for log rotation. If started with `-J-Dorg.netbeans.log.numberOfFiles=number` then the log files for `number-1` previous executions will be preserved. Default and minimum number is 3.
org.netbeans.core.startup.ModuleList.firstModuleJarWins	Exported	Friend	Disables #113341 so that the first version of a module JAR to be encountered is loaded, even if a later cluster contains a newer version of the same module.
org.netbeans.core.systemfilesystem.custom	Exported	Under Development	This property can contain name of a class implementing FileSystem with a public default constructor. Such filesystem is then used during initialization of writable layer of system file system (see getConfigRoot). The filesystem may use or may ignore value of `System.getProperty("netbeans.user")`. Note: The class is loaded sooner then modules are initialized, as such the class providing it must be from a JAR file placed in to `$cluster/core/` directory. Such JAR may have just a limited dependencies - e.g. only module system and filesystem API.
netbeans.bootdelegation	Exported	Under Development	Similar to OSGi's `org.osgi.framework.bootdelegation` property. Allows unit tests (or even regular code) to prevent classloading from application classloader for other, then explicitly enumerated packages. This property shall contain a set of comma separated values of package names. Classes from those packages will be loaded by the classloader framework from application classloader. If the name of a package ends with `.` suffix, all packages under the given package name are allowed for delegation (but not the package by itself). The classes from the `java.` namespace are allowed and do not need to be enumerated at all. If this property is not specified at all, all classes visible by the application classloader can be accessed. Available since version 1.26.
netbeans.productversion	Exported	Under Development	This property includes the display name presented to the user as Product Version in the About dialog box and in the log file.

Implementation Details

Where are the sources for the module?

The sources for the module are in the NetBeans Mercurial repositories.

What do other modules need to do to declare a dependency on this one, in addition to or instead of a plain module dependency?

XXX no answer for deploy-dependencies

Read more about the implementation in the answers to architecture questions.

StartupFriend, Private or Third Party