NetBeans API Changes since Last Release

Version 6.9

25 Aug 2010

This document highlights changes in NetBeans APIs since previous version (e.g. since 10 Dec 2009). There are also other documents that list changes made for release 4.1, release 5.0, release 5.5, release 6.0, release 6.1, release 6.5, release 6.7, and release 6.8.

(May 14 '10) org-openide-modules: Documented the new native library lookup mechanism
(May 1 '10) org-openide-io: Added API for fine grain control over IO select operation
(May 1 '10) org-openide-io: Incompatible change to semantics of IOContainer.select()
(Apr 24 '10) org-openide-explorer: ListView can now display ".." item
(Apr 16 '10) org-openide-nodes: New constructor of IndexedNode
(Apr 13 '10) org-openide-loaders: Added CreateFromTemplateHandler.FREE_FILE_EXTENSION
(Apr 13 '10) org-openide-util: Simplified constructor for RequestProcessor
(Apr 7 '10) org-openide-loaders: FileEncodingQuery registered per MIME type takes preceedence
(Apr 7 '10) org-openide-util: Refactored XML methods from various modules to be added to XMLUtil. Seven new methods added.
(Apr 2 '10) org-openide-util: Added CharSequences
(Apr 1 '10) org-openide-awt: HIDE_WHEN_DISABLED
(Mar 1 '10) org-openide-filesystems: Ability to specify "weight" for MultiFileSystem overrides
(Feb 26 '10) org-openide-actions: ToolsAction via layers
(Feb 20 '10) org-openide-loaders: Added AcceleratorBinding
(Feb 17 '10) org-openide-filesystems: Interruptable addRecursiveListener
(Feb 8 '10) org-netbeans-api-progress: SPI added
(Jan 26 '10) org-openide-filesystems: Effective constructor for JarFileSystem
(Jan 21 '10) org-openide-util: Action SPI interfaces added
(Jan 21 '10) org-openide-util: NbPreferences.Provider added
(Jan 15 '10) org-openide-util-lookup: Introducing semihidden SPI
(Jan 14 '10) org-openide-windows: Annotation to retain the location of non-persistent TopComponents if the user drags them to another location on the screen.
(Jan 11 '10) org-openide-explorer: OutlineView.setPropertyColumns, OutlineView.addPropertyColumn and OutlineView.removePropertyColumn added.
(Jan 8 '10) org-netbeans-api-progress: SPI added
(Jan 8 '10) org-openide-filesystems: Access methods added to MIMEResolver.UIHelpers
(Jan 6 '10) org-openide-modules: Simplified ModuleInstall lifecycle
(Jan 6 '10) org-openide-modules: Added InstalledFileLocator.locateAll
(Dec 21 '09) org-openide-explorer: OutlineView.setTreeSortable added.
(Dec 21 '09) org-openide-text: Deprecating style constants in NbDocument
(Dec 20 '09) org-openide-util: Lookup API extracted
(Dec 20 '09) org-openide-util-lookup: Separate module for Lookup API
(Dec 11 '09) org-netbeans-modules-keyring: Keyring API created