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|  | author="lkishalmi@apache.org" | 
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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><api type="export"/></code> | 
|  | to describe your general APIs. | 
|  | If possible please provide | 
|  | simple diagrams. | 
|  | </hint> | 
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|  | <answer id="arch-overall"> | 
|  | <ul> | 
|  | <li> | 
|  | <api group="java" name="GradleJavaProjectAPI" type="export" category="devel"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | The Gradle Java Project API provides some miscellaneous friend APIs and SPIs relating to | 
|  | Gradle Java projects. | 
|  | </p> | 
|  | </api> | 
|  | </li> | 
|  | </ul> | 
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|  | <question id="arch-usecases" when="init"> | 
|  | 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 at | 
|  | what circumstances and what will be the typical code to write | 
|  | to use the module. | 
|  | </question> | 
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|  | <answer id="arch-usecases"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | API/SPI to be used by modules wanting to enhance the Gradle Java project's integration in the IDE. | 
|  | </p> | 
|  | </answer> | 
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|  | <!-- | 
|  | <question id="resources-read" when="final"> | 
|  | Does your module read any resources from layers? For what purpose? | 
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|  | <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> | 
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|  | <answer id="resources-read"> | 
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|  | </answer> | 
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|  | <answer id="exec-property"> | 
|  | <api category="stable" group="property" name="javaExec.jvmArgs" type="export"> | 
|  | {@code ${javaExec.jvmArgs}} token is replaced in action mappings for JVM arguments collected | 
|  | from <a href="@org-netbeans-modules-extexecution-base@/org/netbeans/api/extexecution/base/ExplicitProcessParameters.html">ExplicitProcessParameters</a> | 
|  | in action's context Lookup. See <a href="@TOP@/org/netbeans/modules/gradle/java/api/ProjectActions.html#TOKEN_JAVAEXEC_JVMARGS">ProjectActions.TOKEN_JAVAEXEC_JVMARGS</a> | 
|  | for more details. | 
|  | </api> | 
|  | <api category="stable" group="property" name="javaExec.args" type="export"> | 
|  | {@code ${javaExec.args}} token is replaced in action mappings for <b>application</b> parameters collected | 
|  | from <a href="@org-netbeans-modules-extexecution-base@/org/netbeans/api/extexecution/base/ExplicitProcessParameters.html">ExplicitProcessParameters</a> | 
|  | in action's context Lookup. See <a href="@TOP@/org/netbeans/modules/gradle/java/api/ProjectActions.html#TOKEN_JAVAEXEC_ARGS">ProjectActions.TOKEN_JAVAEXEC_ARGS</a> | 
|  | for more details. | 
|  | </api> | 
|  | <api category="stable" group="property" name="javaExec.runWorkingDir" type="export"> | 
|  | {@code ${javaExec.runWorkingDir}} token is replaced in action mappings with working directory retrieved | 
|  | from <a href="@org-netbeans-modules-extexecution-base@/org/netbeans/api/extexecution/base/ExplicitProcessParameters.html">ExplicitProcessParameters</a> | 
|  | in action's context Lookup. See <a href="@TOP@/org/netbeans/modules/gradle/java/api/ProjectActions.html#TOKEN_JAVAEXEC_CWD">ProjectActions.TOKEN_JAVAEXEC_CWD</a> | 
|  | for more details. | 
|  | </api> | 
|  | <api category="stable" group="property" name="javaExec.runEnvironment" type="export"> | 
|  | {@code ${javaExec.runEnvironment}} token is replaced in action mappings with environment variables retrieved | 
|  | from <a href="@org-netbeans-modules-extexecution-base@/org/netbeans/api/extexecution/base/ExplicitProcessParameters.html">ExplicitProcessParameters</a> | 
|  | in action's context Lookup. See <a href="@TOP@/org/netbeans/modules/gradle/java/api/ProjectActions.html#TOKEN_JAVAEXEC_ENV">ProjectActions.TOKEN_JAVAEXEC_ENV</a> | 
|  | for more details. | 
|  | </api> | 
|  | </answer> | 
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|  | <answer id="resources-file"> | 
|  | </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" shape="rect">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? How you find out that your | 
|  | project was successful? | 
|  | </hint> | 
|  | </question> | 
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|  | <answer id="arch-quality"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | XXX no answer for arch-quality | 
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|  | <!-- | 
|  | <question id="arch-time" when="init"> | 
|  | What are the time estimates of the work? | 
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|  | Please express your estimates of how long the design, implementation, | 
|  | 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? | 
|  | </hint> | 
|  | </question> | 
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|  | <answer id="arch-time"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | XXX no answer for arch-time | 
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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. | 
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|  | </question> | 
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|  | <answer id="arch-what"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | XXX no answer for arch-what | 
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|  | <!-- | 
|  | <question id="arch-where" when="impl"> | 
|  | Where one can find sources for your module? | 
|  | <hint> | 
|  | Please provide link to the Hg web client at | 
|  | http://hg.netbeans.org/ | 
|  | or just use tag defaultanswer generate='here' | 
|  | </hint> | 
|  | </question> | 
|  | --> | 
|  | <answer id="arch-where"> | 
|  | <defaultanswer generate='here' /> | 
|  | </answer> | 
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|  | <!-- | 
|  | <question id="compat-deprecation" when="init"> | 
|  | How the introduction of your project influences functionality | 
|  | provided by previous version of the product? | 
|  | <hint> | 
|  | If you are planning to deprecate/remove/change any existing APIs, | 
|  | list them here accompanied with the reason explaining why you | 
|  | are doing so. | 
|  | </hint> | 
|  | </question> | 
|  | --> | 
|  | <answer id="compat-deprecation"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | XXX no answer for compat-deprecation | 
|  | </p> | 
|  | </answer> | 
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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" shape="rect"> | 
|  | NetBeans I18N pages</a>. | 
|  | </hint> | 
|  | </question> | 
|  | --> | 
|  | <answer id="compat-i18n"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | XXX no answer for compat-i18n | 
|  | </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> | 
|  | --> | 
|  | <answer id="compat-standards"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | XXX no answer for compat-standards | 
|  | </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> | 
|  | --> | 
|  | <answer id="compat-version"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | XXX no answer for compat-version | 
|  | </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> | 
|  | --> | 
|  | <answer id="dep-jre"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | XXX no answer for dep-jre | 
|  | </p> | 
|  | </answer> | 
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|  |  | 
|  | <!-- | 
|  | <question id="dep-jrejdk" when="final"> | 
|  | Do you require the JDK or is the JRE enough? | 
|  | </question> | 
|  | --> | 
|  | <answer id="dep-jrejdk"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | XXX no answer for dep-jrejdk | 
|  | </p> | 
|  | </answer> | 
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|  |  | 
|  | <!-- | 
|  | <question id="dep-nb" when="init"> | 
|  | What other NetBeans projects and modules does this one depend on? | 
|  | <hint> | 
|  | Depending on other NetBeans projects influnces the ability of | 
|  | users of your work to customize their own branded version of | 
|  | NetBeans by enabling and disabling some modules. Too | 
|  | much dependencies restrict this kind of customization. If that | 
|  | is your case, then you may want to split your functionality into | 
|  | pieces of autoload, eager and regular modules which can be | 
|  | enabled independently. Usually the answer to this question | 
|  | is generated from your <code>project.xml</code> file, but | 
|  | if it is not guessed correctly, you can suppress it by | 
|  | specifying <defaultanswer generate="none"/> and | 
|  | write here your own. Please describe such projects as imported APIs using | 
|  | the <code><api name="identification" type="import or export" category="stable" url="where is the description" /></code>. | 
|  | By doing this information gets listed in the summary page of your | 
|  | javadoc. | 
|  | </hint> | 
|  | </question> | 
|  | --> | 
|  | <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> | 
|  | Depending on 3rd party libraries is always problematic, | 
|  | especially if they are not open source, as that complicates | 
|  | the licensing scheme of NetBeans. Please enumerate your | 
|  | external dependencies here, so it is correctly understood since | 
|  | the begining what are the legal implications of your project. | 
|  | Also please note that | 
|  | some non-NetBeans projects are packaged as NetBeans modules | 
|  | (see <a href="http://libs.netbeans.org/" shape="rect">libraries</a>) and | 
|  | it is preferred to use this approach when more modules may | 
|  | depend and share such third-party libraries. | 
|  | </hint> | 
|  | </question> | 
|  | --> | 
|  | <answer id="dep-non-nb"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | XXX no answer for dep-non-nb | 
|  | </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 you plan any dependency on OS or any usage of native code, | 
|  | please describe why you are doing so and describe how you envision | 
|  | to enforce the portability of your code. | 
|  | Please note that there is a support for <a href="http://www.netbeans.org/download/dev/javadoc/org-openide-modules/org/openide/modules/doc-files/api.html#how-os-specific" shape="rect">OS conditionally | 
|  | enabled modules</a> which together with autoload/eager modules | 
|  | can allow you to enable to provide the best OS aware support | 
|  | on certain OSes while providing compatibility bridge on the not | 
|  | supported ones. | 
|  | Also please list the supported | 
|  | OSes/HW platforms and mentioned the lovest version of JDK required | 
|  | for your project to run on. Also state whether JRE is enough or | 
|  | you really need JDK. | 
|  | </hint> | 
|  | </question> | 
|  | --> | 
|  | <answer id="dep-platform"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | XXX no answer for dep-platform | 
|  | </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, | 
|  | in addition to or instead of the normal module dependency declaration | 
|  | (e.g. tokens to require)? | 
|  | <hint> | 
|  | Provide a sample of the actual lines you would add to a module manifest | 
|  | to declare a dependency, for example OpenIDE-Module-Requires: some.token. | 
|  | If other modules should not depend on this module, or should just use a | 
|  | simple regular module dependency, you can just answer "nothing". If you | 
|  | intentionally expose a semistable API to clients using implementation | 
|  | dependencies, you should mention that here (but there is no need to give | 
|  | an example of usage). | 
|  | </hint> | 
|  | </question> | 
|  | --> | 
|  | <answer id="deploy-dependencies"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | XXX no answer for deploy-dependencies | 
|  | </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 | 
|  | <api group="java.io.File" name="yourname" type="export" category="friend">...</api> | 
|  | 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> | 
|  | --> | 
|  | <answer id="deploy-jar"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | XXX no answer for deploy-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> | 
|  | --> | 
|  | <answer id="deploy-nbm"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | XXX no answer for deploy-nbm | 
|  | </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> | 
|  | By default NetBeans build harness treats all packages are private. | 
|  | If you export some of them - either as public or friend packages, | 
|  | you should have a reason. If the reason is described elsewhere | 
|  | in this document, you can ignore this question. | 
|  | </hint> | 
|  | </question> | 
|  | --> | 
|  | <answer id="deploy-packages"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | XXX no answer for deploy-packages | 
|  | </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> | 
|  | XXX no answer for deploy-shared | 
|  | </p> | 
|  | </answer> | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | <!-- | 
|  | <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> | 
|  | XXX no answer for exec-ant-tasks | 
|  | </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> | 
|  | --> | 
|  | <answer id="exec-classloader"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | XXX no answer for exec-classloader | 
|  | </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> | 
|  | XXX no answer for exec-component | 
|  | </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> | 
|  | XXX no answer for exec-introspection | 
|  | </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> | 
|  | --> | 
|  | <answer id="exec-privateaccess"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | XXX no answer for exec-privateaccess | 
|  | </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> | 
|  | --> | 
|  | <answer id="exec-process"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | XXX no answer for exec-process | 
|  | </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> | 
|  | --> | 
|  | <answer id="exec-reflection"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | XXX no answer for exec-reflection | 
|  | </p> | 
|  | </answer> | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | <!-- | 
|  | <question id="exec-threading" when="init"> | 
|  | What threading models, if any, does your module adhere to? How the | 
|  | project behaves with respect to threading? | 
|  | <hint> | 
|  | Is your API threadsafe? Can it be accessed from any threads or | 
|  | just from some dedicated ones? Any special relation to AWT and | 
|  | its Event Dispatch thread? Also | 
|  | 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" shape="rect">Threading Recommendations</a> (in progress) | 
|  | </hint> | 
|  | </question> | 
|  | --> | 
|  | <answer id="exec-threading"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | XXX no answer for exec-threading | 
|  | </p> | 
|  | </answer> | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | <!-- | 
|  | <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> | 
|  | --> | 
|  | <answer id="format-clipboard"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | XXX no answer for format-clipboard | 
|  | </p> | 
|  | </answer> | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | <!-- | 
|  | <question id="format-dnd" when="impl"> | 
|  | Which protocols (if any) does your code understand during Drag & 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> | 
|  | XXX no answer for format-dnd | 
|  | </p> | 
|  | </answer> | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | <!-- | 
|  | <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 <api> 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> | 
|  | XXX no answer for format-types | 
|  | </p> | 
|  | </answer> | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | <!-- | 
|  | <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> | 
|  | NetBeans is build around a generic registry of services called | 
|  | lookup. It is preferable to use it for registration and discovery | 
|  | if possible. See | 
|  | <a href="http://www.netbeans.org/download/dev/javadoc/org-openide-util/org/openide/util/lookup/doc-files/index.html" shape="rect"> | 
|  | The Solution to Comunication Between Components | 
|  | </a>. If you do not plan to use lookup and insist usage | 
|  | of other solution, then please describe why it is not working for | 
|  | you. | 
|  | <br/> | 
|  | When filling the final version of your arch document, 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. Use <api group=&lookup& /> tag, so | 
|  | your information gets listed in the summary page of your javadoc. | 
|  | </hint> | 
|  | </question> | 
|  | --> | 
|  | <answer id="lookup-lookup"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | <api group="lookup" name="GradleJavaDebugger" type="export" category="private"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | This module provides a lookup implementation for GradleJavaDebugger | 
|  | which makes it easy to attach a configured Java debugger to a running | 
|  | process. | 
|  | </p> | 
|  | </api> | 
|  | </p> | 
|  | </answer> | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | <!-- | 
|  | <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 a declarative annotation such as <code>@ServiceProvider</code>? | 
|  | Who is supposed to find your component? | 
|  | </hint> | 
|  | </question> | 
|  | --> | 
|  | <answer id="lookup-register"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | XXX no answer for lookup-register | 
|  | </p> | 
|  | </answer> | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | <!-- | 
|  | <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> | 
|  | XXX no answer for lookup-remove | 
|  | </p> | 
|  | </answer> | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | <!-- | 
|  | <question id="perf-exit" when="final"> | 
|  | Does your module run any code on exit? | 
|  | </question> | 
|  | --> | 
|  | <answer id="perf-exit"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | XXX no answer for perf-exit | 
|  | </p> | 
|  | </answer> | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | <!-- | 
|  | <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> | 
|  | XXX no answer for perf-huge_dialogs | 
|  | </p> | 
|  | </answer> | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | <!-- | 
|  | <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? | 
|  | <hint> | 
|  | Most of algorithms have increasing memory and speed complexity | 
|  | with respect to size of data they operate on. What is the critical | 
|  | part of your project that can be seen as a bottleneck with | 
|  | respect to speed or required memory? What are the practical | 
|  | sizes of data you tested your project with? What is your estimate | 
|  | of potential size of data that would cause visible performance | 
|  | problems? Is there some kind of check to detect such situation | 
|  | and prevent "hard" crashes - for example the CloneableEditorSupport | 
|  | checks for size of a file to be opened in editor | 
|  | and if it is larger than 1Mb it shows a dialog giving the | 
|  | user the right to decide - e.g. to cancel or commit suicide. | 
|  | </hint> | 
|  | </question> | 
|  | --> | 
|  | <answer id="perf-limit"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | XXX no answer for perf-limit | 
|  | </p> | 
|  | </answer> | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | <!-- | 
|  | <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> | 
|  | XXX no answer for perf-mem | 
|  | </p> | 
|  | </answer> | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | <!-- | 
|  | <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> | 
|  | XXX no answer for perf-menus | 
|  | </p> | 
|  | </answer> | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | <!-- | 
|  | <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" shape="rect"> | 
|  | 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> | 
|  | XXX no answer for perf-progress | 
|  | </p> | 
|  | </answer> | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | <!-- | 
|  | <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> | 
|  | XXX no answer for perf-scale | 
|  | </p> | 
|  | </answer> | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | <!-- | 
|  | <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> | 
|  | XXX no answer for perf-spi | 
|  | </p> | 
|  | </answer> | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | <!-- | 
|  | <question id="perf-startup" when="final"> | 
|  | Does your module run any code on startup? | 
|  | </question> | 
|  | --> | 
|  | <answer id="perf-startup"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | XXX no answer for perf-startup | 
|  | </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> | 
|  | XXX no answer for perf-wakeup | 
|  | </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> | 
|  | XXX no answer for resources-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> | 
|  | XXX no answer for resources-mask | 
|  | </p> | 
|  | </answer> | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | <!-- | 
|  | <question id="resources-preferences" when="final"> | 
|  | Does your module uses preferences via Preferences API? Does your module use NbPreferences or | 
|  | or regular JDK Preferences ? Does it read, write or both ? | 
|  | Does it share preferences with other modules ? If so, then why ? | 
|  | <hint> | 
|  | You may use | 
|  | <api type="export" group="preferences" | 
|  | name="preference node name" category="private"> | 
|  | description of individual keys, where it is used, what it | 
|  | influences, whether the module reads/write it, etc. | 
|  | </api> | 
|  | Due to XML ID restrictions, rather than /org/netbeans/modules/foo give the "name" as org.netbeans.modules.foo. | 
|  | Note that if you use NbPreferences this name will then be the same as the code name base of the module. | 
|  | </hint> | 
|  | </question> | 
|  | --> | 
|  | <answer id="resources-preferences"> | 
|  | <p> | 
|  | XXX no answer for resources-preferences | 
|  | </p> | 
|  | </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> | 
|  | XXX no answer for security-grant | 
|  | </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> | 
|  | XXX no answer for security-policy | 
|  | </p> | 
|  | </answer> | 
|  |  | 
|  | </api-answers> |