ide/editor.lib/arch.xml

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<answer id="arch-what">
The editor library module provides subset of editor functionality independent
on the NetBeans IDE (except few specific standalone classes).

<p>List of the main features:</p>
<ul>
  <li>Syntax highlighting of java, HTML, XML and other languages.</li>
  <li>Code Completion enables to type a few characters 
        and then display a list of suggestions appropriate
        in the given context that can be then used 
        to automatically complete the expression.
  </li>
  <li>Word Matching enables enables to type the beginning characters
        of a word used elsewhere in the code and then have the editor
        generate the rest of the word.
  </li>
  <li>Abbreviations allow to expand typed text from a few
        predefined characters into a full word or phrase.
  </li>
  <li>Goto Class enables to open a Java file in the Source Editor 
        by typing only the class name.
        The IDE helps to identify the correct package name for the class.
  </li>
  <li>The Fast Import feature enables to quickly add import statements
        for Java classes in the source file.
  </li>
  <li>Goto Declaration feature allows to quickly jump to a declaration
        of a variable under the cursor.
  </li>
  <li>Goto Source allows to open source file containing
        definition of a type that the variable under the cursor is of.
  </li>
  <li>Code folding allows to collapse sections of the code that are
        unimportant to the user at the given time.
        For example in java source the collapsable sections include
        imports section, inner classes, methods and javadocs.
  </li>
</ul>
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<answer id="arch-overall">
The editor functionality are mainly implementations of the Swing Text package APIs
plus extension features such as Syntax Coloring, Code Completion,
Word Matching, Abbreviations or Macros.

<p>
The library part is located under <i>editor/lib/src</i> folder.
<br/>
It depends on the following classes from openide:
</p>
<pre>
org.openide.DialogDescriptor
org.openide.DialogDisplayer
org.openide.ErrorManager
org.openide.NotifyDescriptor

org.openide.util.Lookup
org.openide.util.LookupListener
org.openide.util.LookupEvent
org.openide.util.NbBundle
org.openide.util.RequestProcessor
org.openide.util.Task
</pre>
<p>
The above classes should remain to be isolated in a sense
that they operate without loading other openide classes
(if they need an implementation class they get it from Lookup).
</p>

<h2>Hyperlink SPI</h2>
<api group="java" name="EditorHyperlinkSPI" type="export" category="devel">
    Hyperlink SPI in <code>org.netbeans.lib.editor.hyperlink.spi</code>
    allows the editors for a particular mime-type to respond to the situation
    when a user hovers over the text with a Ctrl key pressed.
</api> 

<br/>
The Hyperlink SPI resolves whether the text under the mouse is hyperlink-able
and defines the span of the hyperlink and the action to be performed
when the user clicks on the hyperlink.
<br/>
The SPI consists of a single <code>HyperlinkProvider</code>
class that contains a javadoc with instructions
about how to register the implementation in the xml layer for the given
mime-type (mentioned in the layer section here as well).

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<answer id="compat-i18n">
    Yes.
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<answer id="compat-standards">
    It conforms to the Swing Text Package API.
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<answer id="compat-version">
    Only one version of the module can be installed at a time. 
    The settings are shared across different versions, they are stored
    in a human readable form in XML files.
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<answer id="dep-jre">
    Needs at least JRE 1.4.
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<answer id="dep-jrejdk">
    Requires JRE only.
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<answer id="dep-nb">
    <defaultanswer generate='none'/>
    <br/>
    <api group="java" name="EditorLibraryModuleAPI" type="export" category="devel">
        Editor defines APIs and SPIs both by 
        <ul>
            <li> Providing java classes in public packages for further reuse.
                <br/>
                Most of the classes were created spontaneously (several years ago)
                without fulfilling of the rules imposed on APIs and SPIs
                at the present time.
                <br/>
                There is an ongoing work to revisit the existing classes
                and create stable APIs and SPIs (and possibly extract functionality
                into a submodule where appropriate). However this is a long-term
                task spanning several promotions.
            </li>
            <li> Being sensitive to content of certain directories in xml layer.
            </li>
        </ul>
    </api> 
    <br/>
    <api group="java" name="CodeFoldingAPI" type="import" category="official"
        url="@org-netbeans-modules-editor-fold@/architecture-summary.html#java-CodeFoldingAPI"
    />
    <api group="java" name="EditorUtilAPI" type="import" category="friend">
        Set of various editor-related utility classes and methods.
    </api>
</answer>



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<answer id="dep-non-nb">
    <api group="java" name="JAXP" type="import" category="standard" url="https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/jaxp-introduction.html"> 
    Standard XML APIs (DOM, SAX) - distributed with the IDE (in lib/ext/xml-apis*.jar),
    already part of JDK 1.4 and newer).
    </api>
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<answer id="dep-platform">
    The module is 100% pure Java and runs on any platform.
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<answer id="deploy-jar">
<code>org-netbeans-modules-editor-lib.jar</code> - NetBeans editor library independent of the rest of the NetBeans APIs depending on the JRE only.
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<answer id="deploy-nbm">
    Yes.
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<answer id="deploy-packages">

Description of public packages:
<ul>
    <li> <code>org.netbeans.editor</code> - core of the editor generic infrastructure; indenpendent of the NetBeans IDE.
    </li>
    <li> <code>org.netbeans.editor.ext</code> - extra (non-essential) generic editor infrastructure; indenpendent of the NetBeans IDE.
    </li>
    <li> <code>org.netbeans.editor.ext.html</code> - HTML editor infrastructure; independent of the NetBeans IDE.
    </li>
    <li> <code>org.netbeans.editor.ext.html.dtd</code> - DTD parsing support for determining of the valid input at particular place of a HTML source (offered by code completion); independent of the NetBeans IDE.
    </li>
    <li> <code>org.netbeans.editor.ext.java</code> - Java editor infrastructure; independent of the NetBeans IDE.
    </li>
    <li> <code>org.netbeans.editor.ext.plain</code> - Plain text editor infrastructure; independent of the NetBeans IDE.
    </li>
    <li> <code>org.netbeans.editor.view.spi</code> - A rudiment of a generic view architecture SPI though now it is only used privately in the editor module; independent of the NetBeans IDE.
    </li>
</ul>
    
</answer>



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<answer id="deploy-shared">
    Module can be installed anywhere.
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<answer id="exec-classloader">
    No.
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<answer id="exec-component">
    There are certain document properties (<code>javax.swing.text.Document.getProperty()</code>)
    that influence the document execution:
    <br/>
    <api type="import" name="mimeType" category="stable" group="property">
        Document property containing mime-type of the particular document e.g. "text/x-java".
        <br/>
        It allows to search for particular editor settings based on
        the mime-type such as tooltip annotations providers etc.
        <br/>
        Maintained by <code>org.openide.text</code> package.
    </api>
    <br/>
    <api type="import" name="Document.StreamDescriptionProperty" category="stable" group="property">
        Document property containing either <code>DataObject</code> or <code>FileObject</code>
        from which the <code>Document</code> content was loaded.
        <br/>
        Maintained by <code>org.openide.text</code> package.
    </api>
    <br/>
    <api type="import" name="TextLimitLine" category="private" group="property">
        Component client property that determines a column index where a text limit line
        will be displayed. This overrides a default value from editor settings
        for a particular component.
    </api>
    <br/>
    <api type="export" name="DefaultEditorKit.EndOfLineStringProperty" category="stable" group="property">
        Document property containing line separator that was used when the document content was
        loaded from a <code>java.io.Reader</code> by an <code>EditorKit.read()</code>.
    </api>
    <br/>
    <api type="export" name="line-limit" category="private" group="property">
        Document property that determines the number of characters in the longest line
        determined during the document loading from a reader by the editor kit. 
    </api>
    <br/>
    <api type="export" name="CARET_MIN_WIDTH" category="devel" group="property">
        Component client property that provides an <code>IntUnaryOperator</code>
        which is invoked with a document offset and returns a minimum caret width.
        This overrides a constant 2 minimum caret width.
    </api>
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<answer id="exec-privateaccess">
yes. core/multiview module is retrieving value of a setting property (visibility of toolbar in editor) and is 
listening on changes.
That's an undeclared dependency on editor(org.netbeans.editor.Settings).
A test is included in commit validation that checks the editor code changes.
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<answer id="exec-property">
    <br/>
    <api type="import" group="systemproperty" name="netbeans.debug.editor.document" category="private">
        System property to deubg inserts and removals done in the document.
    </api>

    <br/>
    <api type="import" group="systemproperty" name="netbeans.debug.editor.document.stack" category="private">
        System property to dump thread stacks during inserts and removals done in the document.
    </api>

    <br/>
    <api type="import" group="systemproperty" name="netbeans.debug.editor.document.read" category="private">
        System property to debug loading of the document from a <code>java.io.Reader</code> by an <code>EditorKit</code>.
    </api>
    <api type="import" group="systemproperty" name="netbeans.debug.editor.document.undo" category="private">
        System property to debug undoing/redoing of the modifications done in the document.
    </api>

    <br/>
    <api type="import" group="systemproperty" name="netbeans.debug.editor.view.rebuild" category="private">
        System property to debug the view regions being rebuilt during document modifications.
    </api>

    <br/>
    <api type="import" group="systemproperty" name="netbeans.debug.editor.view.paint" category="private">
        System property to debug paint operations done in views (clipping regions sizes etc.).
    </api>

    <br/>
    <api type="import" group="systemproperty" name="netbeans.debug.editor.view.repaint" category="private">
        System property to debug when repaints are initiated in views.
    </api>

    <br/>
    <api type="import" group="systemproperty" name="netbeans.debug.editor.draw" category="private">
        System property to debug the tokens that the drawing engine is rendering.
    </api>

    <br/>
    <api type="import" group="systemproperty" name="netbeans.debug.editor.draw.fragment" category="private">
        System property to debug particular fragments of the text being rendered by the editor's drawing engine.
    </api>

    <br/>
    <api type="import" group="systemproperty" name="netbeans.debug.editor.draw.graphics" category="private">
        System property to debug graphics operations that the editor sends to a <code>java.awt.Graphics</code>
        of the component being rendered.
    </api>

    <br/>
    <api type="import" group="systemproperty" name="netbeans.debug.editor.format.modify" category="private">
        System property to debug particular token modifications during the text formatting process.
    </api>

    <br/>
    <api type="import" group="systemproperty" name="netbeans.debug.editor.caret.focus" category="private">
        System property to debug when a focus is gained and lost by the editor's caret.
    </api>

    <br/>
    <api type="import" group="systemproperty" name="netbeans.debug.editor.caret.focus.extra" category="private">
        System property to debug details of a focus related processing of the editor's caret (e.g. caret blinking timer etc.).
    </api>

    <br/>
    <api type="import" group="systemproperty" name="netbeans.debug.editor.atomic" category="private">
        System property to debug when atomic transactions are performed over the editor's document.
    </api>

    <br/>
    <api type="import" group="systemproperty" name="netbeans.debug.editor.atomic.stack" category="private">
        System property to debug thread stacks during atomic transactions performed over the editor's document.
    </api>

    <br/>
    <api type="import" group="systemproperty" name="netbeans.debug.editor.warmup" category="private">
        System property to debug execution of the editor's warmup task (e.g. time intervals that each warmup section takes etc.).
    </api>
    <api type="import" group="systemproperty" name="netbeans.debug.editor.popup.menu" category="private">
        System property to debug creation of the editor's popup menu. It shows the added popup menu item's text, whether it's invisible and action that produced the item.
    </api>

    <br/>
    <api type="import" group="systemproperty" name="netbeans.debug.exceptions" category="private">
        Obsolete now, we will remove those when time allows.
    </api>

    <br/>
    <api type="import" group="systemproperty" name="line.separator" category="official">
        To determine the line separator on a particular platform.
    </api>

    <br/>
    <api type="import" group="systemproperty" name="org.netbeans.lib.editor.hyperlink.HyperlinkOperation.activationKey" category="private">
        To specify modifiers for which the hyperlinking should be enabled, or to switch the hyperlinking off.
        Valid values are "[CSMA]+" (to specify combination of modifiers) or "off" (to switch hyperlinking off).
    </api>
    <api type="import" group="property" name="org.netbeans.api.fold.expander" category="friend">
        The client property must be defined on JTextComponent managed by the NetBeans editor.
        <p/>
        Mouse gestures require to determine whether the point at caret is folded or not. Plain text is then selected.
        The client property org.netbeans.api.fold.expander (if defined) should contains a Callable&lt;Boolean> that
        returns false, if the point is a plaintext, true otherwise. Fold expansion should be handled by the Callable.
        <p/>
        editor.fold module uses this client property to hook into BaseCaret processing.
    </api>
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<answer id="exec-reflection">
    Reflection is used for:
    <ul>
    <li>in the libsrc/org/netbeans/editor/ext/ToolTipSupport.java
        there is a method "setText" searched in the tooltip component
        that is unfortunately defined to be a generic javax.swing.JComponent,
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<answer id="format-clipboard">
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        <li>Editor just forwards the clipboard operation requests
            into javax.swing.text.JTextComponent's cut(), copy() and paste() methods.
        </li>
    </ul>
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    None.
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<answer id="lookup-remove">
    No.
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<answer id="perf-exit">
    No.
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    No.
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<answer id="perf-limit">
    No explicit limits. Technically, the available memory size is the limit...
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<answer id="perf-mem">
    Rough numbers:
    <ul>
    <li>one source file opened in the editor: 534KB</li>
    </ul>
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<answer id="perf-menus">
    The "goto declaration" and "goto source" are somewhat complicated
    especially during the first invocation.
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<answer id="perf-progress">
    Opening a editor can be quite long task.
    <br/>
    The creation of the text component (JEditorPane instance) has to be done in AWT event queue
    thread.
    <br/>
    Setting of the document into the text component has to be done in AWT as well
    as the document is regular property and thus it must be modified in AWT only.
    <br/>
    Other tasks during editor opening (such as parsing)
    do not need to be run in the AWT and they are run on the background.
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            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?
            Please include some estimates.
        </question>
-->
<answer id="perf-scale">
    The number of characters of the source file multiplied by 2 to respect
    2bytes for each unicode characters.
    Each line separator adds another line element plus a position
    object.
</answer>



<!-- Question: perf-startup

     <question id="perf-startup">
            Does your module executes anything on startup?
        </question>
-->
<answer id="perf-startup">
    It registers an operation listener to watch for changes in dataobjects.
</answer>



<!-- Question: perf-wakeup

     <question id="perf-wakeup">
            Is any piece of your code waking up periodically?
        </question>
-->
<answer id="perf-wakeup">
    No.
</answer>



<!-- Question: resources-file

     <question id="resources-file">
            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 prefered
            way that should be used. But of course there can be situations when
            this is not suitable.
            </hint>
        </question>
-->
<answer id="resources-file">
    No.
</answer>



<!-- Question: resources-layer

     <question id="resources-layer">
            Does your module provide own layer? Does it create some files or
            folders on it? What it is trying to communicate by that and with which 
            component?
            
            <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">
</answer>



<!-- Question: resources-mask

     <question id="resources-mask">
            Does your module mask/hide/override any resource provided by another one in
            module layer? 
            
            <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">
    No.
</answer>



<!-- Question: resources-read

     <question id="resources-read">
            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 clasify according to 
            <a href="http://openide.netbeans.org/tutorial/api-design.html#categories">
            common stability categories</a>.
            </hint>
        </question>
-->
<answer id="resources-read">
    No.
</answer>


<!--
        <question id="exec-introspection">
            Does your module use any kind of runtime type informations (instanceof,
            work with java.lang.Class, 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">
    No.
</answer>



<!--
        <question id="exec-process">
            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">
    No.
</answer>


<!--
        <question id="arch-quality" when="init">
            How the quality of your code will be tested and 
            how future regressions are going to be prevented?
            <hint>
            What kind of testing you want to use? What/how much area of functionality
            should be covered by the tests? 
            </hint>
        </question>
-->
<answer id="arch-quality">
No answer
</answer>



<!--
        <question id="arch-time" when="init">
            What are the time estimates of the work?
            <hint>
            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 the work should be 
            ready.
            </hint>
        </question>
-->
<answer id="arch-time">
No answer
</answer>



<!--
        <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>
-->
<answer id="arch-usecases">
No answer
</answer>



<answer id="deploy-dependencies">
Nothing.
</answer>



<!--
        <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>
    Threading model of the document model adheres to javax.swing.text.Document
    interface. There can be multiple reader threads accessing
    the document simultaneously but only one mutating thread at the time.
    </p>

    <p>
    Document.render(Runnable) must be used for all the readonly operations
    accessing the document. The editor fully supports org.openide.text.NbDocument.runAtomic()
    and NbDocument.runAtomicAsUser() extensions that allow transactions
    on top of the document.
    </p>

    <p>
    All the UI-related tasks adhere to Swing/AWT conventions i.e. they
    must be performed in EQ thread.
    </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 fast and will not
            negatively influence the performance of your own module?
            </hint>
        </question>
-->
<answer id="perf-spi">
No answer
</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>

<!--
        <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>





<!--
        <question id="arch-where" when="init">
            Where one can find sources for your module?
            <hint>
                Please provide link to the CVS web client at
                http://www.netbeans.org/download/source_browse.html
                or just use tag defaultanswer generate='here'
            </hint>
        </question>
-->
 <answer id="arch-where">
  <defaultanswer generate='here' />
 </answer>




<!--
        <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>



<!--
        <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
                    &lt;api type="export" group="preferences"
                    name="preference node name" category="private"&gt;
                    description of individual keys, where it is used, what it
                    influences, whether the module reads/write it, etc.
                    &lt;/api&gt;
                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>

</api-answers>