PacktLib: NetBeans Platform 6.9 Developer's Guide

NetBeans Platform 6.9 Developer's Guide

About the Author

Acknowledgement

Modular application development

Characteristics of a module

Creating an application

Setting dependencies

Installing modules

Integrating OSGi Bundles

The sample application

Properties window

Modification of generated code

Extending the palette

Creating a window

Automatic window lifecycle management

Positioning of windows

Creating custom modes

Creating window groups

Extending the default TopComponent persistence

Registering and finding services

Creating extension points

Enabling loosely-coupled communication

Dynamic changes and notifications

Listening to the selection

Preparing to work with global actions

Creating global actions

Examining the created files

Enabling Users to Invoke actions

Nodes and Explorer Views

Multiple models in pure Swing

Nodes and the global Lookup

Multiple node implementations

Multiple explorer view implementations

Central registry

Accessing the local FileSystem

Listening to file changes

Support for new file types

Context-sensitive capabilities

Standard dialogs

Creating a helpset

Creating context-sensitive help

Combining help sets from different modules

Removing help sets provided by other modules

Application launcher

Limiting the set of modules

Branding editor

Distribution and Updates

Creating a ZIP distribution

Creating an installer

Enabling online updates