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Introduction

This document lists changes made to the WebModule API.


Index of APIs

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

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.api.web.webmodule > 1.20

Changes by affected class

org.netbeans.modules.web.spi.webmodule.FrameworkConfigurationPanel

org.netbeans.modules.web.api.webmodule.RequestParametersQuery

org.netbeans.modules.web.spi.webmodule.RequestParametersQueryImplementation

org.netbeans.modules.web.api.webmodule.URLCookie

org.netbeans.modules.web.spi.webmodule.WebFrameworkProvider

org.netbeans.modules.web.api.webmodule.WebFrameworks

org.netbeans.modules.web.api.webmodule.WebModule

org.netbeans.modules.web.spi.webmodule.WebModuleExtender

org.netbeans.modules.web.spi.webmodule.WebModuleImplementation2


Details of all changes by API and date


Web Module API

Adding WebModuleExtender.Savable interface

Sep 26 '11; API spec. version: 1.26; made by: marfous@netbeans.org

Added interface WebModuleExtender.Savable for ability to save framework settings of already included extender after confirming project customizer.

Adding ability to listen on WebModuleImplementation2 changes

Sep 21 '09; API spec. version: 1.16; affected top-level classes: WebModuleImplementation2; made by: dkonecny; issues: #154944

Adding ability to listen on changes of document base or WEB-INF folder. WebModuleImplementation2 was introduced in this release so I'm taking advantage of it and adding requested methods.

Adding method requiresWebXml

Jul 1 '09; API spec. version: 1.15; made by: pslechta@netbeans.org

New method requiresWebXml added. Framework specifies via this method if it reqires web.xml DD or not.

Making the WebModule API public

Sep 28 '07; API spec. version: 1.10; made by: abadea@netbeans.org; issues: #112441

Made the WebModule API public with the stability level "under development".

Deprecating WebFrameworkProvider.extend() and WebFrameworkProvider.getConfigurationPanel()

Sep 14 '07; API spec. version: 1.9; affected top-level classes: FrameworkConfigurationPanel WebFrameworkProvider WebModuleExtender; made by: abadea@netbeans.org

Deprecated methods WebFrameworkProvider.extend() and WebFrameworkProvider.getConfigurationPanel(). Class WebConfigurationPanel has been deprecated too.

Introduced a WebModuleExtender class and a WebModule.createWebModuleExtender() method returning it. This allows for better encapsulation of the web module extending process.

Deprecating WebModule.getJavaSources

Sep 14 '07; API spec. version: 1.9; affected top-level classes: WebModule; made by: abadea@netbeans.org

Deprecated WebModule.getJavaSources because its return value is not generic enough.

Adding WebFrameworkProvider.getServletPath()

Mar 8 '06; API spec. version: 1.5; affected top-level classes: WebFrameworkProvider; made by: ppisl@netbeans.org

Added method WebFrameworkProvider.getServletPath() for obtaining the servlet path for a JSP.

Adding web framework support

Jul 28 '05; API spec. version: 1.4; affected top-level classes: WebFrameworks WebFrameworkProvider; made by: ppisl@netbeans.org

There are some frameworks like Struts, JSF, Spring etc., which extend the web applications. This change introduces the concept of a web framework provider to the Web Module API/SPI which allows to implement supporting these frameworks.

Replace URLCookie with a RequestParametersQuery API and RequestParametersQueryImplementation SPI

Jan 27 '05; API spec. version: 1.2; affected top-level classes: org.netbeans.modules.web.api.webmodule.URLCookie RequestParametersQuery RequestParametersQueryImplementation; made by: pbuzek@netbeans.org

Node.Cookie should not be exposed in API. The URLCookie has been replaced with a query pattern with a corresponding SPI.