Introduction

This document lists changes made to the Java Hints SPI.

Index of APIs

Java Hints 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

(Apr 24 '13) Defining system filesystem folder for per-project Java hints customizers
(Apr 3 '13) Added support for integer options. Hints can be declared to appear only in inspect & transform
(Dec 19 '12) Introducing ErrorDescriptionFactory.forSpan.
(Mar 29 '12) Added support for using jackpot patterns from other modules (e.g. refactoring).

Changes by version

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(1.16) Defining system filesystem folder for per-project Java hints customizers
(1.14) Added support for integer options. Hints can be declared to appear only in inspect & transform
(1.9) Introducing ErrorDescriptionFactory.forSpan.
(1.1) Added support for using jackpot patterns from other modules (e.g. refactoring).

Changes by affected class

`org.netbeans.spi.java.hints.ErrorDescriptionFactory`

(Dec 19 '12) Introducing ErrorDescriptionFactory.forSpan.

`org.netbeans.spi.java.hints.Hint`

(Apr 3 '13) Added support for integer options. Hints can be declared to appear only in inspect & transform

`org.netbeans.spi.java.hints.IntegerOption`

(Apr 3 '13) Added support for integer options. Hints can be declared to appear only in inspect & transform

`org.netbeans.spi.java.hints.support.TransformationSupport`

(Mar 29 '12) Added support for using jackpot patterns from other modules (e.g. refactoring).

Details of all changes by API and date

Java Hints SPI

Defining system filesystem folder for per-project Java hints customizers

Apr 24 '13; API spec. version: 1.16; made by: jlahoda

Defining Project/hints/java-based folder, where provider for hints customizers for Java-based projects should be stored.

Added support for integer options. Hints can be declared to appear only in inspect & transform

Apr 3 '13; API spec. version: 1.14; affected top-level classes: IntegerOption Hint; made by: sdedic; issues: #227822 #227959

Added declarative support for integer options. @IntegerOption can be used with option name field, similar to @BooleanOption.

An option was added to Hint.Options, so that hint can declare to be only shown in Inspect & transform dialog. Useful for computation-intensive hints, which should only run on demand.

Introducing ErrorDescriptionFactory.forSpan.

Dec 19 '12; API spec. version: 1.9; affected top-level classes: ErrorDescriptionFactory; made by: jlahoda; issues: #223723

Added ErrorDescriptionFactory.forSpan to create the correct Java-enhanced ErrorDescription from a span.

Added support for using jackpot patterns from other modules (e.g. refactoring).

Mar 29 '12; API spec. version: 1.1; affected top-level classes: TransformationSupport; made by: jbecicka; issues: #210262

Added support for using jackpot patterns from other modules (e.g. refactoring).