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The first release candidate for Apache NetBeans 18 has been released for testing.



Apache NetBeans 18-rc1

What's Changed

Gradle

  • Fix spurious messages printed to the console. by  @sdedic in  #5538
  • Avoid ConcurrentMod exception, tolerate broken project dependencies by  @sdedic in  #5660
  • Fixed key escaping; fixed list/map property extraction. by  @sdedic in  #5535
  • Upgraded Gradle Tooling to 8.1-rc-2 with JDK 20 Support by  @lkishalmi in  #5750
  • Report empty set if project does not use buildscript; prevent NPE. by  @sdedic in  #5768
  • Better handling for dependencies w/o versions by  @sdedic in  #5773
  • Upgrade Gradle Tooling API to 8.1 GA by  @lkishalmi in  #5828

Maven

  • Fixed copypaste leftovers. by  @sdedic in  #5406
  • UnsupportedOperationException in maven dependency graph "Exclude dependency" and "Fix Version Conflict" actions by  @matthiasblaesing in  #5431
  • Maven EventSpy not compatible < JDK 1.8 by  @graben in  #5548
  • fixes a NPE in TestOutputListenerProvider (maven output handler). by  @mbien in  #5645
  • Improved maven indexer failure modes in low space situations by  @mbien in  #5655
  • add maven indexer remote index download settings. by  @mbien in  #5646
  • upgrade bundled maven to 3.9.1 by  @mbien in  #5679
  • Remove dependencies on Autoupdate UI by  @sdedic in  #5711
  • Maven indexing: Retain download index setting even if index setting is disabled by  @matthiasblaesing in  #5673
  • [maven hints] try to infer compiler plugin version from active maven version. by  @mbien in  #5693
  • make maven project properties window aware of the javac release option by  @mbien in  #5744
  • Improve maven multithreaded execution detection. by  @asbachb in  #5482
  • Force refresh of live subprojects when parent recovers from broken. by  @sdedic in  #5781
  • basic auto completion for maven version properties. by  @mbien in  #5823
  • disable compile-on-save by default in maven projects. by  @mbien in  #5826
  • don't block in NBM wizard + skip snapshots + more. by  @mbien in  #5753
  • support running tests from non default test folders by  @Honza-cz in  #4924
  • add missing error code to enable-preview hint by  @mbien in  #5837

Java

  • Fixed javadoc tags by  @tbw777 in  #5419
  • Cleanup j2ee.persistence module by  @pepness in  #5444
  • [NETBEANS-4123] Initial implementation of handling large strings by  @SirIntellegence in  #5299
  • Adding system path into the classpath info when parsing custom conditions in a hint file. Avoid failures while constructing custom scopes. by  @jlahoda in  #5296
  • platform dir: fixed some javadoc discrepancies by  @tbw777 in  #5222
  • New rt and rf abbrevations for return true; and return false; by  @japplis in  #5512
  • apidoc error/warning fix ( #2) by  @ebarboni in  #5561
  • Bulk added some missing ElementKind.RECORD enums. by  @mbien in  #5365
  • Adding support for JDK 20 javac. by  @jlahoda in  #5550
  • apidoc error/warning fix ( #3) by  @ebarboni in  #5623
  • Show missing system properties in Javadoc popup (GH5403) by  @neilcsmith-net in  #5669
  • Fixes for Java module graph (GH4227) by  @neilcsmith-net in  #5668
  • apidoc error/warning fix ( #4) by  @ebarboni in  #5672
  • Calculate JDK javadoc links dynamically. by  @mbien in  #4837
  • [NETBEANS-5260] Binding patterns are valid even in absence of MatchException. by  @jlahoda in  #5682
  • apidoc error/warning fix ( #5) by  @ebarboni in  #5712
  • apidoc error/warning fix ( #6) by  @ebarboni in  #5734
  • apidoc fixes by  @ebarboni in  #5741
  • Make JDK URL calculation JDK 8 compatible by  @matthiasblaesing in  #5748
  • apidoc master branch links fix by  @ebarboni in  #5755
  • SourceUtils.findMatchingChild should never return a folder by  @jglick in  #5739
  • Remove dependency of decl. hints on hints UI; UI plugs into hints SPI. by  @sdedic in  #5671
  • Sort overload methods in the Navigator by  @junichi11 in  #5797
  • Adding support for evaluating watches containing binding variables. by  @jlahoda in  #5763
  • debugger.jpda: exclude AsynchStepTest to stabilize job by  @mbien in  #5832
  • improved JDK detection startup tasks by  @mbien in  #5637
  • Retain SOURCE annotations inside the internal model. by  @jlahoda in  #4882

PHP

Enterprise

  • Use NotifyDescriptor.ComposedInput for Add ADB command by  @jhorvath in  #5353
  • Various database fixes by  @sdedic in  #5361
  • Improve TomEE support for JPA (Fix 4146) by  @pepness in  #5415
  • Minor / typo fixes by  @sdedic in  #5442
  • Update JSTL to the Jakarta family by  @pepness in  #5460
  • Update ServletJSPAPI to the Jakarta family (covers up to Jakarta EE 8) by  @pepness in  #5462
  • Add support for Glassfish 7.0.1 by  @pepness in  #5466
  • Fix double initialization of comboHelper in Persistence Provider by  @pepness in  #5480
  • Update JSPPARSER to the Jakarta family (covers up to Jakarta EE 8) by  @pepness in  #5495
  • Audits should not automatically change persistent project settings. by  @sdedic in  #5521
  • Upgrade EclipseLink from 2.7.10 to 2.7.12 by  @pepness in  #5607
  • When adding an Autonomous DB, present profiles instead of tenancies by  @sdedic in  #5543
  • Vscode ext should update default connection by  @sdedic in  #5560
  • OCI Audit project command LSP API by  @sdedic in  #5590
  • Use Payara Micro Maven Archetype 1.x/2.x release binary for respective Payara Micro 5.x/6.x by  @jGauravGupta in  #5573
  • Some small UI fixes for the Wildfly/TomEE settings windows. by  @mbien in  #5608
  • Add support for JPA 2.2 by  @pepness in  #5582
  • Add support for GlassFish 7.0.2 by  @pepness in  #5611
  • Add support for GlassFish 7.0.3 by  @pepness in  #5749
  • Imports cleanup by  @thurka in  #5769
  • Jakarta EE 10 - JPA 3.1 support by  @jGauravGupta in  #4687

Web

Versioning

  • enable versioning labels by default. by  @mbien in  #5831

Editor

  • Fix case when ANTLR getText() causes assertion in LexerInput. by  @lkishalmi in  #5619
  • Added CompletionItem.shouldSingleClickInvokeDefaultAction to the Editor Completion API by  @eirikbakke in  #5334
  • YAML: Step right curly and brackets when they are right to the caret by  @lkishalmi in  #5810
  • Use Antlr runtimes from ide.libs by  @pepness in  #5804
  • Initial HCL Support by  @lkishalmi in  #5612

UI Changes

  • option window layout adjustments and UI fixes. by  @mbien in  #5625
  • Four small UI improvements, in various areas by  @eirikbakke in  #5333
  • #4818: Update string renderer to only escape undisplayable code points. by  @rkeen-siemens in  #5757
  • option window: category buttons foreground color fix. by  @mbien in  #5798
  • Improve the appearance of disabled icons on FlatLAF Dark (and a tiny improvement on FlatLAF Light) by  @eirikbakke in  #5761
  • macOS: dark window title bars by  @DevCharly in  #5732
  • FlatLaf: change accent color in Options dialog (Appearance > FlatLaf) by  @DevCharly in  #5795
  • FlatLaf: use NetBeans folder icons in NB Explorer by  @DevCharly in  #5760
  • Don't show the '+' separator in keyboard accelerators on MacOS by  @eirikbakke in  #5336
  • Update FlatLaf from 3.0 to 3.1 by  @DevCharly in  #5818
  • [NETBEANS-5327] Added the option to open the selected file or directory in the system file explorer by  @Tnnienn in  #5770

Platform

Language Server Protocol

  • Display additional options prior to the standard ones. by  @sdedic in  #5411
  • Report progress start when handle immediately switches to indeterminate. by  @sdedic in  #5362
  • LSP: Database connection context menu cleanup by  @thurka in  #5586
  • Display DB welcome only when no connections are defined. by  @sdedic in  #5613
  • LSP: Fix Delete action in context menu by  @thurka in  #5629
  • LSP: Fix too many invocation of 'java.db.preferred.connection' by  @thurka in  #5628
  • LSP: Database icons clean-up by  @thurka in  #5688
  • Better LSP command names, conflict resolution by  @sdedic in  #5692
  • Fix registration of Database node by  @thurka in  #5698
  • Do not register AddADBAction in context menu by  @thurka in  #5696
  • Action id of OpenServiceConsoleAction fixed by  @thurka in  #5703
  • Use wait node in VSCode for long running computation of children by  @thurka in  #5709
  • Use wait node in VSCode for long running computation of children by  @thurka in  #5737
  • Service Console has been deprecated - use new replacement URL by  @thurka in  #5730
  • DAP and LSP use a common Lookup. by  @sdedic in  #5742

VSCode Extension

  • Group and define order for project actions. by  @sdedic in  #5507
  • Fixed typos in DB welcome view by  @sdedic in  #5541
  • Provide a waitable command that completes after NBLS fully starts & registers server-provided commands by  @sdedic in  #5615
  • Remove JDK8 as minimum for build of VSNetBeans. by  @MartinBalin in  #5587
  • VSCode: Limit findPath to file URLs only. by  @dbalek in  #5643
  • VSNetBeans changelog update for 17.0.301 by  @dbalek in  #5782
  • Mention Graal.JS as needed when GraalVM is runtime JDK behind proxy by  @MartinBalin in  #5785
  • VSCode: Renaming Java 8+ debug configuration to Java+. by  @dbalek in  #5816

Maintanance

  • bump test-summary action to v2.x by  @mbien in  #5376
  • nbbuild dir: removed unessesary old forms of Integer type by  @tbw777 in  #5238
  • Simplified usage String.substring() method from two arguments to one … by  @tbw777 in  #5319
  • Cleanup by simplifying strings comparsion with JDK7 Objects.equals() by  @tbw777 in  #5399
  • Replaced all [equals() -> "==", HashSet -> EnumSet, HashMap -> EnumMap] calls for enum types by  @tbw777 in  #5309
  • Removed creating of unused objects by  @tbw777 in  #5320
  • Streams from java.nio.file.Files have to be closed by  @tbw777 in  #5469
  • Removed a lot of compiler warnings by  @tbw777 in  #5487
  • Improved Map/Set usage by  @tbw777 in  #5332
  • Replaced usage of String.to[U/L]Case() with String.equalsIgnoreCase() by  @tbw777 in  #5219
  • switch CI from release to full cluster config. by  @mbien in  #5568
  • Typo correction by  @AanshSavla in  #5583
  • Remove Thread#stop from httpserver and update embedded tomcat by  @matthiasblaesing in  #5530
  • Remove second set of Thread#suspend and Thread#resume usage by  @matthiasblaesing in  #5532
  • Upgrade PostgreSQL JDBC driver to 42.5.4 by  @pepness in  #5657
  • Improve image display tool (antialias, improved dragging, optimize menu and fix warnings) by  @matthiasblaesing in  #5661
  • Upgrade commons compress from 1.21 to 1.23.0 by  @pepness in  #5705
  • JAXB API module fixed by  @thurka in  #5812
  • Jackson library upgrade by  @thurka in  #5814
  • Slf4j library upgrade by  @thurka in  #5821

Other Changes

  • partial revert of  #5487 to fix master. by  @mbien in  #5492
  • GoToType dialog checks source attribute before disassembling bytecode by  @jtulach in  #5539
  • Rust by  @vieiro in  #5567
  • Save/restore the ANTLR RustLexer specific internals. by  @lkishalmi in  #5624
  • Remove unnessary build options from project definitions by  @matthiasblaesing in  #5652
  • Rust options panel and Cargo executable selection by  @vieiro in  #5651
  • Revert "Use wait node in VSCode for long running computation of children" by  @neilcsmith-net in  #5733
  • nb-javac: "Eat your own dog food" testing by  @jtulach in  #5609
  • Fixed Formatting under Project Properties by  @KacerCZ in  #5754
  • Rust output window improvements by  @vieiro in  #5764

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