org.netbeans.api.project

Class ProjectUtils

java.lang.Object

org.netbeans.api.project.ProjectUtils

public class ProjectUtils
extends Object

Utility methods to get information about Projects.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static AuxiliaryConfiguration	getAuxiliaryConfiguration(Project project) Find a way of storing extra configuration in a project.
static FileObject	getCacheDirectory(Project project, Class<?> owner) Gets a directory in which modules may store arbitrary extra unversioned files associated with a project.
static Set<Project>	getContainedProjects(Project root, boolean recursive) Utility method for access to ProjectContainerProvider, a less vague variant of the SubprojectProvider for code that wants to access projects that the current project serves as container for.
static Set<Project>	getDependencyProjects(Project root, boolean recursive) Utility method for access to DependencyProjectProvider, a less vague variant of the SubprojectProvider for code that wants to access project's dependencies that are also projects.
static ProjectInformation	getInformation(Project p) Get basic information about a project.
static Preferences	getPreferences(Project project, Class clazz, boolean shared) Return Preferences for the given project and given module.
static Sources	getSources(Project p) Get a list of sources for a project.
static boolean	hasSubprojectCycles(Project master, Project candidate) Check whether a project has, or might have, cycles in its subproject graph.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getInformation

public static ProjectInformation getInformation(@NonNull
                                                Project p)

Get basic information about a project. If the project has a ProjectInformation instance in its lookup, that is used. Otherwise, a basic dummy implementation is returned.

Parameters:

p - a project

Returns:

some information about it

See Also:

Project.getLookup()

getSources

public static Sources getSources(@NonNull
                                 Project p)

Get a list of sources for a project. If the project has a Sources instance in its lookup, that is used. Otherwise, a basic implementation is returned using GenericSources.genericOnly(org.netbeans.api.project.Project).

Parameters:

p - a project

Returns:

a list of sources for it

See Also:

Project.getLookup()

hasSubprojectCycles

public static boolean hasSubprojectCycles(Project master,
                                          Project candidate)

Check whether a project has, or might have, cycles in its subproject graph.

If the candidate parameter is null, this simply checks whether the master project's current directed graph of (transitive) subprojects contains any cycles. If the candidate is also passed, this checks whether the master project's subproject graph would contain cycles if the candidate were added as a (direct) subproject of the master project.

All cycles are reported even if they do not contain the master project.

If the master project already contains the candidate as a (direct) subproject, the effect is as if the candidate were null.

Projects with no SubprojectProvider are considered to have no subprojects, just as if the provider returned an empty set.

Acquires read access.

Project types which let the user somehow configure subprojects in the GUI (perhaps indirectly, e.g. via a classpath) should use this call to check for possible cycles before adding new subprojects.

Parameters:

master - a project to root the subproject graph from

candidate - a potential direct subproject of the master project, or null

Returns:

true if the master project currently has a cycle somewhere in its subproject graph, regardless of the candidate parameter, or if the candidate is not null and the master project does not currently have a cycle but would have one if the candidate were added as a subproject

See Also:

Issue #43845

getDependencyProjects

public static Set<Project> getDependencyProjects(@NonNull
                                                 Project root,
                                                 boolean recursive)

Utility method for access to DependencyProjectProvider, a less vague variant of the SubprojectProvider for code that wants to access project's dependencies that are also projects. Even when recursive, will only use DependencyProjectProvider on other projects. Unlike some java level API this doesn't distinguish between compile, runtime, test level dependencies.

Parameters:

root - project where to start calculating dependencies

recursive - true if entire dependency tree should be calculated, some project implementation can return just direct dependency projects that themselves have dependency projects. Please note that false value does NOT guarantee that only direct dependency projects will be returned.

Returns:

null if project doesn't have DependencyProjectProvider in it's lookup, or a set with projects, ordering not mandated

Since:

1.56

getContainedProjects

public static Set<Project> getContainedProjects(@NonNull
                                                Project root,
                                                boolean recursive)

Utility method for access to ProjectContainerProvider, a less vague variant of the SubprojectProvider for code that wants to access projects that the current project serves as container for. Eg. in case of Maven based projects it means projects referenced by <modules> pom.xml section. Even when recursive, will only use ProjectContainerProvider on other projects.

Parameters:

root - project where to start calculating contained projects

recursive - true if entire container tree should be calculated, some project implementation can return just direct subprojects that themselves contain projects. Please note that false value does NOT guarantee that only direct projects will be returned.

Returns:

null if project doesn't have ProjectContainerProvider in it's lookup, or a set with projects, ordering not mandated

Since:

1.56

getPreferences

public static Preferences getPreferences(@NonNull
                                         Project project,
                                         @NonNull
                                         Class clazz,
                                         boolean shared)

Return Preferences for the given project and given module.

The preferences are stored in the project using either AuxiliaryConfiguration or AuxiliaryProperties.

Parameters:

project - project for which preferences should be returned

clazz - module specification as in NbPreferences.forModule(java.lang.Class)

shared - whether the returned settings should be shared

Returns:

Preferences for the given project

Since:

1.16

getAuxiliaryConfiguration

public static AuxiliaryConfiguration getAuxiliaryConfiguration(@NonNull
                                                               Project project)

Find a way of storing extra configuration in a project. If the project's lookup does not provide an instance, a fallback implementation is used.

The current fallback implementation uses file attributes for "nonsharable" configuration, and a specially named file in the project directory for "sharable" configuration. For compatibility purposes (in case a project adds an AuxiliaryConfiguration instance to its lookup where before it had none), the fallback storage is read (but not written) even if there is an instance in project lookup.

Parameters:

project - a project

Returns:

an auxiliary configuration handle

Since:

org.netbeans.modules.projectapi/1 1.17

getCacheDirectory

public static FileObject getCacheDirectory(@NonNull
                                           Project project,
                                           @NonNull
                                           Class<?> owner)
                                    throws IOException

Gets a directory in which modules may store arbitrary extra unversioned files associated with a project. These could be caches of information found in sources, logs or snapshots from activities associated with developing the project, etc.

If the project supplies a CacheDirectoryProvider, that will be used for the parent directory. Otherwise an unspecified storage area will be used.

Parameters:

project - a project

owner - a class from the calling module (each module or package will get its own space)

Returns:

a directory available for storing miscellaneous files

Throws:

IOException - if no such directory could be created

Since:

org.netbeans.modules.projectapi/1 1.26