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<question id="arch-overall" when="init">
Describe the overall architecture.
<hint>
What will be API for
<a href="http://openide.netbeans.org/tutorial/api-design.html#design.apiandspi">
clients and what support API</a>?
What parts will be pluggable?
How will plug-ins be registered? Please use <code>&lt;api type="export"/&gt;</code>
to describe your general APIs.
If possible please provide
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<answer id="arch-overall">
<p>
The module exposes a new NetBeans project type to create Java EE Enterprise
Application Client Module project, where a developer can create standard Java SE
applications, which have direct access to the server environment and resources
(such as EJBs, Web Services), develop these applications, assemble them according
to Java EE specification, build them and deploy them to Application servers.
</p>
<p>
It uses various project APIs to implement the project type. <a
href="http://projects.netbeans.org/buildsys/design.html">Build system design
document</a>. Implements j2ee/ejbapi to provide a project container
for an Enterprise application client module.
</p>
<ol>
<li>
<api group="dtd" name="car-project.xsd" type="export" category="devel" url="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/car-project/1.xsd">
<p>
Definition of clientproject-specific portions of <code>project.xml</code>.
</p>
</api>
</li>
<li>
<api group="java.io.File" name="project.properties" type="export" category="devel">
<p>
Definition of recognized keys in <code>project.properties</code> and/or
<code>private.properties</code>. XXX not yet formally specified.
</p>
</api>
</li>
<li>
<api group="java.io.File" name="build-impl.xml" type="export" category="devel">
<p>
Definition of targets in <code>build-impl.xml</code> which may be called or
overridden in <code>build.xml</code>. XXX not yet formally specified.
</p>
</api>
</li>
<li>
<api group="java.io.File" name="LayoutOfProjectFiles" type="export" category="private">
<p>
Modules should make no assumptions about the layout of project directory other then
what is explicitly exposed via API (such as J2eeModuleProvider from j2eeserver API,
AntArtifact).
</p>
</api>
</li>
</ol>
</answer>
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<question id="arch-quality" when="init">
How will the <a href="http://www.netbeans.org/community/guidelines/q-evangelism.html">quality</a>
of your code be tested and
how are future regressions going to be prevented?
<hint>
What kind of testing do
you want to use? How much functionality, in which areas,
should be covered by the tests?
</hint>
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<answer id="arch-quality">
<p>
There are some unit tests (not enough). IDE-wide functional testing covers
much of the module's functionality.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="arch-time" when="init">
What are the time estimates of the work?
<hint>
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stabilization are likely to last. How many people will be needed to
implement this and what is the expected milestone by which the work should be
ready?
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<answer id="arch-time">
<p>
Done.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="arch-usecases" when="init">
<hint>
Content of this answer will be displayed as part of page at
http://www.netbeans.org/download/dev/javadoc/usecases.html
You can use tags &lt;usecase name="name&gt; regular html description &lt;/usecase&gt;
and if you want to use an URL you can prefix if with @TOP@ to begin
at the root of your javadoc
</hint>
Describe the main <a href="http://openide.netbeans.org/tutorial/api-design.html#usecase">
use cases</a> of the new API. Who will use it under
what circumstances? What kind of code would typically need to be written
to use the module?
</question>
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<answer id="arch-usecases">
<p>
<usecase id="id" name="Project Generator" >
AppClientProjectGenerator can be used to generate an Application Client module
project. This can be used for example to create a populated EAR project
together with an Application Client module project.
This is the only (private) API.
</usecase>
</p>
<p>
The rest is covered by UI specification and design document.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="arch-what" when="init">
What is this project good for?
<hint>
Please provide here a few lines describing the project,
what problem it should solve, provide links to documentation,
specifications, etc.
</hint>
</question>
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<answer id="arch-what">
<p>
Provides a project type for Java EE enterprise application client module
projects. Application client projects can be created from scratch,
or you can import existing application client module source trees. Creates an Ant
script letting you build the project (and subprojects), deploy it, debug it, run
JUnit-format tests, and build Javadoc. Standard and server specific
configuration files are displayed in project and can be edited. GUI customizer
permits easy customization of the most commonly needed project parameters.
Provides code completion and other services for editing Java sources.
Classpaths can include other projects, raw JARs, or configured libraries.
Specific J2SE platforms may be configured. Target J2EE server can be selected
and provides code completion for the Java EE APIs available on the server.
<a
href="http://j2ee.netbeans.org/docs/promog/appclient-project-ui-spec-promog.html">Full UI
specification</a>
</p>
<api name="ClientProject" category="friend" group="java" type="export">
<p>
The module exposes a new NetBeans project type to create Java EE Application
Client Module project, where a developer can add EJBs, develop them, assemble them, build them and deploy them to Application servers.
The friend API allows EAR project to create an Application Client module project. It also allows the ejbcore project to set
one property in nbproject\project.properties file.
</p>
</api>
</answer>
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<question id="arch-where" when="init">
Where one can find sources for your module?
<hint>
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<defaultanswer generate='here' />
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<question id="compat-i18n" when="impl">
Is your module correctly internationalized?
<hint>
Correct internationalization means that it obeys instructions
at <a href="http://www.netbeans.org/download/dev/javadoc/org-openide-modules/org/openide/modules/doc-files/i18n-branding.html">
NetBeans I18N pages</a>.
</hint>
</question>
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<answer id="compat-i18n">
<p>
Yes, although the project type does not yet internationalize messages coming
from its (unedited) build scripts. This is possible but not yet implemented.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="compat-standards" when="init">
Does the module implement or define any standards? Is the
implementation exact or does it deviate somehow?
</question>
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<answer id="compat-standards">
<p>
The module follows the Java EE 5 specifications. It allows the user
to develop applications conforming to this standard. The implementation is exact,
in the sense that the module accepts any compliant Application Client Module.
Since Java EE 5 has to be backward comaptible with J2EE 1.4, this module
supports J2EE 1.4 Application Client Modules. This module also supports J2EE 1.3
compliant Application Client modules, but it does not help you to create NEW ones,
it will just behave nicely with 1.3 Apps, due to the API layer designed in the j2ee/ddapi
module that handles more than one specification version of J2EE.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="compat-version" when="impl">
Can your module coexist with earlier and future
versions of itself? Can you correctly read all old settings? Will future
versions be able to read your current settings? Can you read
or politely ignore settings stored by a future version?
<hint>
Very helpful for reading settings is to store version number
there, so future versions can decide whether how to read/convert
the settings and older versions can ignore the new ones.
</hint>
</question>
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<answer id="compat-version">
<p>
The module stores some information into persistent data, and makes the best
effort to correctly interpret information stored by previous versions of the
module. It is anticipated that future versions of the module will be able to
interpret information stored by the current version, whenever possible and practical.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="dep-jre" when="final">
Which version of JRE do you need (1.2, 1.3, 1.4, etc.)?
<hint>
It is expected that if your module runs on 1.x that it will run
on 1.x+1 if no, state that please. Also describe here cases where
you run different code on different versions of JRE and why.
</hint>
</question>
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<answer id="dep-jre">
<p>
1.5 and higher.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="dep-jrejdk" when="final">
Do you require the JDK or is the JRE enough?
</question>
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<answer id="dep-jrejdk">
<p>
The JDK is needed for critical functionality such as compiling sources.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="dep-nb" when="init">
What other NetBeans projects and modules does this one depend on?
<hint>
If you want, describe such projects as imported APIs using
the <code>&lt;api name="identification" type="import or export" category="stable" url="where is the description" /&gt;</code>
</hint>
</question>
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<answer id="dep-nb">
<defaultanswer generate='here' />
</answer>
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<question id="dep-non-nb" when="init">
What other projects outside NetBeans does this one depend on?
<hint>
Some non-NetBeans projects are packaged as NetBeans modules
(see <a href="http://libs.netbeans.org/">libraries</a>) and
it is preferred to use this approach when more modules may
depend on such third-party library.
</hint>
</question>
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<answer id="dep-non-nb">
<p>
Indirectly, Apache Ant and JUnit.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="dep-platform" when="init">
On which platforms does your module run? Does it run in the same
way on each?
<hint>
If your module is using JNI or deals with special differences of
OSes like filesystems, etc. please describe here what they are.
</hint>
</question>
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<answer id="dep-platform">
<p>
Any.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="deploy-dependencies" when="final">
What do other modules need to do to declare a dependency on this one?
<hint>
Provide a sample of the actual lines you would add to a module manifest
to declare a dependency, for example using OpenIDE-Module-Module-Dependencies
or OpenIDE-Module-Requires. You may use the magic token @SPECIFICATION-VERSION@
to represent the current specification version of the module.
</hint>
</question>
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<answer id="deploy-dependencies">
<p>
N/A
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="deploy-jar" when="impl">
Do you deploy just module JAR file(s) or other files as well?
<hint>
Usually a module consist of one JAR file (perhaps with Class-Path
extensions) and also a configuration file that enables it. If you
have any other files, use
&lt;api group="java.io.File" name="yourname" type="export" category="friend"&gt;...&lt;/api&gt;
to define the location, name and stability of your files (of course
changing "yourname" and "friend" to suit your needs).
If it uses more than one JAR, describe where they are located, how
they refer to each other.
If it consist of module JAR(s) and other files, please describe
what is their purpose, why other files are necessary. Please
make sure that installation/uninstallation leaves the system
in state as it was before installation.
</hint>
</question>
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<answer id="deploy-jar">
<p>
Just a JAR.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="deploy-nbm" when="impl">
Can you deploy an NBM via the Update Center?
<hint>
If not why?
</hint>
</question>
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<answer id="deploy-nbm">
<p>
Yes.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="deploy-packages" when="init">
Are packages of your module made inaccessible by not declaring them
public?
<hint>
NetBeans module system allows restriction of access rights to
public classes of your module from other modules. This prevents
unwanted dependencies of others on your code and should be used
whenever possible (<a href="http://www.netbeans.org/download/javadoc/OpenAPIs/org/openide/doc-files/upgrade.html#3.4-public-packages">
public packages
</a>). If you do not restrict access to your classes you are
making it too easy for other people to misuse your implementation
details, that is why you should have good reason for not
restricting package access.
</hint>
</question>
-->
<answer id="deploy-packages">
<p>
No.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="deploy-shared" when="final">
Do you need to be installed in the shared location only, or in the user directory only,
or can your module be installed anywhere?
<hint>
Installation location shall not matter, if it does explain why.
Consider also whether <code>InstalledFileLocator</code> can help.
</hint>
</question>
-->
<answer id="deploy-shared">
<p>
Either way is possible.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="exec-ant-tasks" when="impl">
Do you define or register any ant tasks that other can use?
<hint>
If you provide an ant task that users can use, you need to be very
careful about its syntax and behaviour, as it most likely forms an
API for end users and as there is a lot of end users, their reaction
when such API gets broken can be pretty strong.
</hint>
</question>
-->
<answer id="exec-ant-tasks">
<p>
No.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="exec-classloader" when="impl">
Does your code create its own class loader(s)?
<hint>
A bit unusual. Please explain why and what for.
</hint>
</question>
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<answer id="exec-classloader">
<p>
No.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="exec-component" when="impl">
Is execution of your code influenced by any (string) property
of any of your components?
<hint>
Often <code>JComponent.getClientProperty</code>, <code>Action.getValue</code>
or <code>PropertyDescriptor.getValue</code>, etc. are used to influence
a behavior of some code. This of course forms an interface that should
be documented. Also if one depends on some interface that an object
implements (<code>component instanceof Runnable</code>) that forms an
API as well.
</hint>
</question>
-->
<answer id="exec-component">
<p>
Uses property <code>platform.ant.name</code> returned by the <code>J2SEPlatformImpl.getProperties()</code>
to determine the name of platform used in build scripts.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="exec-introspection" when="impl">
Does your module use any kind of runtime type information (<code>instanceof</code>,
work with <code>java.lang.Class</code>, etc.)?
<hint>
Check for cases when you have an object of type A and you also
expect it to (possibly) be of type B and do some special action. That
should be documented. The same applies on operations in meta-level
(Class.isInstance(...), Class.isAssignableFrom(...), etc.).
</hint>
</question>
-->
<answer id="exec-introspection">
<p>
No.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="exec-privateaccess" when="final">
Are you aware of any other parts of the system calling some of
your methods by reflection?
<hint>
If so, describe the "contract" as an API. Likely private or friend one, but
still API and consider rewrite of it.
</hint>
</question>
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<answer id="exec-privateaccess">
<p>
No.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="exec-process" when="impl">
Do you execute an external process from your module? How do you ensure
that the result is the same on different platforms? Do you parse output?
Do you depend on result code?
<hint>
If you feed an input, parse the output please declare that as an API.
</hint>
</question>
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<answer id="exec-process">
<p>
No.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="exec-property" when="impl">
Is execution of your code influenced by any environment or
Java system (<code>System.getProperty</code>) property?
<hint>
If there is a property that can change the behavior of your
code, somebody will likely use it. You should describe what it does
and the <a href="http://openide.netbeans.org/tutorial/api-design.html#life">stability category</a>
of this API. You may use
<pre>
&lt;api type="export" group="property" name="id" category="private" url="http://..."&gt;
description of the property, where it is used, what it influence, etc.
&lt;/api&gt;
</pre>
</hint>
</question>
-->
<answer id="exec-property">
<p>
No.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="exec-reflection" when="impl">
Does your code use Java Reflection to execute other code?
<hint>
This usually indicates a missing or insufficient API in the other
part of the system. If the other side is not aware of your dependency
this contract can be easily broken.
</hint>
</question>
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<answer id="exec-reflection">
<p>
No.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="exec-threading" when="impl">
What threading models, if any, does your module adhere to?
<hint>
If your module calls foreign APIs which have a specific threading model,
indicate how you comply with the requirements for multithreaded access
(synchronization, mutexes, etc.) applicable to those APIs.
If your module defines any APIs, or has complex internal structures
that might be used from multiple threads, declare how you protect
data against concurrent access, race conditions, deadlocks, etc.,
and whether such rules are enforced by runtime warnings, errors, assertions, etc.
Examples: a class might be non-thread-safe (like Java Collections); might
be fully thread-safe (internal locking); might require access through a mutex
(and may or may not automatically acquire that mutex on behalf of a client method);
might be able to run only in the event queue; etc.
Also describe when any events are fired: synchronously, asynchronously, etc.
Ideas: <a href="http://core.netbeans.org/proposals/threading/index.html#recommendations">Threading Recommendations</a> (in progress)
</hint>
</question>
-->
<answer id="exec-threading">
<p>
Mixture, according to particular functionality:
<code>ProjectManager.mutex()</code>, EQ, etc.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="format-clipboard" when="impl">
Which data flavors (if any) does your code read from or insert to
the clipboard (by access to clipboard on means calling methods on <code>java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable</code>?
<hint>
Often Node's deal with clipboard by usage of <code>Node.clipboardCopy, Node.clipboardCut and Node.pasteTypes</code>.
Check your code for overriding these methods.
</hint>
</question>
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<answer id="format-clipboard">
<p>
None.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="format-dnd" when="impl">
Which protocols (if any) does your code understand during Drag &amp; Drop?
<hint>
Often Node's deal with clipboard by usage of <code>Node.drag, Node.getDropType</code>.
Check your code for overriding these methods. Btw. if they are not overridden, they
by default delegate to <code>Node.clipboardCopy, Node.clipboardCut and Node.pasteTypes</code>.
</hint>
</question>
-->
<answer id="format-dnd">
<p>
None.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="format-types" when="impl">
Which protocols and file formats (if any) does your module read or write on disk,
or transmit or receive over the network? Do you generate an ant build script?
Can it be edited and modified?
<hint>
<p>
Files can be read and written by other programs, modules and users. If they influence
your behaviour, make sure you either document the format or claim that it is a private
api (using the &lt;api&gt; tag).
</p>
<p>
If you generate an ant build file, this is very likely going to be seen by end users and
they will be attempted to edit it. You should be ready for that and provide here a link
to documentation that you have for such purposes and also describe how you are going to
understand such files during next release, when you (very likely) slightly change the
format.
</p>
</hint>
</question>
-->
<answer id="format-types">
<p>
It writes files through the OpenAPIs, specifically through the FileSystem API
and the Settings API.
Additionally, it reads the files in the formats specified by the J2EE 1.4
and Java EE 5 specification.
</p>
<p>
The usual Ant-based project metadata files and build scripts.
</p>
<p>
Depends on the structure of built Javadoc. It tries to find the <code>overview-summary.html</code> in the
<code>api</code> folder, and the <code>package-summary.html</code> and Javadoc pages for classes in the
package structure under the <code>api</code> folder.
</p>
<p>
<!-- #58823 --> Writes XML-format JUnit results to <code>${build.test.results.dir}</code> for use by
<code>org.netbeans.modules.junit</code>.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="lookup-lookup" when="init">
Does your module use <code>org.openide.util.Lookup</code>
or any similar technology to find any components to communicate with? Which ones?
<hint>
Please describe the interfaces you are searching for, where
are defined, whether you are searching for just one or more of them,
if the order is important, etc. Also classify the stability of such
API contract. For that use &lt;api group=&amp;lookup&amp; /&gt; tag.
</hint>
</question>
-->
<answer id="lookup-lookup">
<p>
Nothing special.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="lookup-register" when="final">
Do you register anything into lookup for other code to find?
<hint>
Do you register using layer file or using <code>META-INF/services</code>?
Who is supposed to find your component?
</hint>
</question>
-->
<answer id="lookup-register">
<p>
Project type and various query implementations are registered. An
<code>AntLogger</code> is registered which currently just tweaks the
appearance of compiler errors.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="lookup-remove" when="final">
Do you remove entries of other modules from lookup?
<hint>
Why? Of course, that is possible, but it can be dangerous. Is the module
your are masking resource from aware of what you are doing?
</hint>
</question>
-->
<answer id="lookup-remove">
<p>
No.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="perf-exit" when="final">
Does your module run any code on exit?
</question>
-->
<answer id="perf-exit">
<p>
Not usually, though modified project metadata is saved on close or exit.
(Normally all GUI actions autosave immediately anyway.) It also unregisters
some listeners.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="perf-huge_dialogs" when="final">
Does your module contain any dialogs or wizards with a large number of
GUI controls such as combo boxes, lists, trees, or text areas?
</question>
-->
<answer id="perf-huge_dialogs">
<p>
No, all dialogs and wizards are of reasonable complexity.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="perf-limit" when="init">
Are there any hard-coded or practical limits in the number or size of
elements your code can handle?
</question>
-->
<answer id="perf-limit">
<p>
None known.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="perf-mem" when="final">
How much memory does your component consume? Estimate
with a relation to the number of windows, etc.
</question>
-->
<answer id="perf-mem">
<p>
Unknown. Probably not much.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="perf-menus" when="final">
Does your module use dynamically updated context menus, or
context-sensitive actions with complicated and slow enablement logic?
<hint>
If you do a lot of tricks when adding actions to regular or context menus, you can significantly
slow down display of the menu, even when the user is not using your action. Pay attention to
actions you add to the main menu bar, and to context menus of foreign nodes or components. If
the action is conditionally enabled, or changes its display dynamically, you need to check the
impact on performance. In some cases it may be more appropriate to make a simple action that is
always enabled but does more detailed checks in a dialog if it is actually run.
</hint>
</question>
-->
<answer id="perf-menus">
<p>
No.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="perf-progress" when="final">
Does your module execute any long-running tasks?
<hint>Long running tasks should never block
AWT thread as it badly hurts the UI
<a href="http://performance.netbeans.org/responsiveness/issues.html">
responsiveness</a>.
Tasks like connecting over
network, computing huge amount of data, compilation
be done asynchronously (for example
using <code>RequestProcessor</code>), definitively it should
not block AWT thread.
</hint>
</question>
-->
<answer id="perf-progress">
<p>
It launches the compilation of Java files, and deployment of
standalone Application Client Module.
Although ultimately these tasks are not directly performed
by this module (but by cooperating modules), it can be assumed that these tasks
will be long running.
Another long running task is the mounting of additional filesystems when
an application client module is registered or created in the IDE.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="perf-scale" when="init">
Which external criteria influence the performance of your
program (size of file in editor, number of files in menu,
in source directory, etc.) and how well your code scales?
<hint>
Please include some estimates, there are other more detailed
questions to answer in later phases of implementation.
</hint>
</question>
-->
<answer id="perf-scale">
<p>
Number of source files in the project will affect the time it takes to scan
for a main class.
</p>
</answer>
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<question id="perf-spi" when="init">
How the performance of the plugged in code will be enforced?
<hint>
If you allow foreign code to be plugged into your own module, how
do you enforce that it will behave correctly and quickly and will not
negatively influence the performance of your own module?
</hint>
</question>
-->
<answer id="perf-spi">
<p>
N/A
</p>
</answer>
<!--
<question id="perf-startup" when="final">
Does your module run any code on startup?
</question>
-->
<answer id="perf-startup">
<p>
No.
</p>
</answer>
<!--
<question id="perf-wakeup" when="final">
Does any piece of your code wake up periodically and do something
even when the system is otherwise idle (no user interaction)?
</question>
-->
<answer id="perf-wakeup">
<p>
No.
</p>
</answer>
<!--
<question id="resources-file" when="final">
Does your module use <code>java.io.File</code> directly?
<hint>
NetBeans provide a logical wrapper over plain files called
<code>org.openide.filesystems.FileObject</code> that
provides uniform access to such resources and is the preferred
way that should be used. But of course there can be situations when
this is not suitable.
</hint>
</question>
-->
<answer id="resources-file">
<p>
Yes. The use of <code>java.io.File</code> is needed for interaction with the
Server Integration APIs, which expect it as parameters in some API calls.
</p>
</answer>
<!--
<question id="resources-layer" when="final">
Does your module provide own layer? Does it create any files or
folders in it? What it is trying to communicate by that and with which
components?
<hint>
NetBeans allows automatic and declarative installation of resources
by module layers. Module register files into appropriate places
and other components use that information to perform their task
(build menu, toolbar, window layout, list of templates, set of
options, etc.).
</hint>
</question>
-->
<answer id="resources-layer">
<p>
The new project wizard is registered in the layer.
</p>
</answer>
<!--
<question id="resources-mask" when="final">
Does your module mask/hide/override any resources provided by other modules in
their layers?
<hint>
If you mask a file provided by another module, you probably depend
on that and do not want the other module to (for example) change
the file's name. That module shall thus make that file available as an API
of some stability category.
</hint>
</question>
-->
<answer id="resources-mask">
<p>
No.
</p>
</answer>
<!--
<question id="resources-read" when="final">
Does your module read any resources from layers? For what purpose?
<hint>
As this is some kind of intermodule dependency, it is a kind of API.
Please describe it and classify according to
<a href="http://openide.netbeans.org/tutorial/api-design.html#categories">
common stability categories</a>.
</hint>
</question>
-->
<answer id="resources-read">
<api group="layer" name="ClientLookup" type="export" category="official">
<p>
"Projects/org-netbeans-modules-j2ee-clientproject/Lookup" folder's content is used to construct the project's additional lookup.
It's content is expected to be <code>LookupProvider</code> instances. AppClient project provides <code>LookupMerger</code>s
for <code>Sources</code>, <code>PrivilegedTemplates</code> and <code>RecommendedTemplates</code>. Implementations added by 3rd parties
will be merged into a single instance in the project's lookup.
</p>
</api>
<api group="layer" name="ClientProjectCustomizer" type="export" category="official">
<p>
"Projects/org-netbeans-modules-j2ee-clientproject/Customizer" folder's content is used to construct the project's customizer.
It's content is expected to be <code>ProjectCustomizer.CompositeCategoryProvider</code> instances.
The lookup passed to the panels contains an instance of <code>Project</code> and <code>org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.clientproject.ui.customizer.AppClientProjectProperties</code>
Please note that the latter is not part of any public APIs and you need implementation dependency to make use of it.
</p>
</api>
</answer>
<!--
<question id="security-grant" when="final">
Does your code grant additional rights to some other code?
<hint>Avoid using a class loader that adds extra
permissions to loaded code unless really necessary.
Also note that your API implementation
can also expose unneeded permissions to enemy code by
calling AccessController.doPrivileged().</hint>
</question>
-->
<answer id="security-grant">
<p>
No.
</p>
</answer>
<!--
<question id="security-policy" when="final">
Does your functionality require modifications to the standard policy file?
<hint>Your code might pass control to third-party code not
coming from trusted domains. This could be code downloaded over the
network or code coming from libraries that are not bundled
with NetBeans. Which permissions need to be granted to which domains?</hint>
</question>
-->
<answer id="security-policy">
<p>
No.
</p>
</answer>
</api-answers>