A new version of the Apache NetBeans IDE is now available.

Apache NetBeans 21

What's Changed

Gradle

• Move platform jobs to 11 by  @mbien in  #6617
• OCI ADM vulnerability audit fixes by  @sdedic in  #6669
• Prevent endless recursion, limit traversal depth. by  @sdedic in  #6691
• Fix Swaped proxy and exec combo in Gradle Options by  @lkishalmi in  #6806
• Allow to configure just JVM params or app params by  @sdedic in  #6812
• Avoid null type, derive from provider type params or fallback to Object. by  @sdedic in  #6820
• Verify tool proxy setting before adjusting or asking. by  @sdedic in  #6764
• Project Dependency modification (private) API by  @sdedic in  #6868
• Let NetBeans know that Gradle 8.5 is good with Java 21 by  @lkishalmi in  #6807
• Ignore scope inheritance for configs not present in the project. by  @sdedic in  #6936
• Ensure Gradle new project wizard picks up latest Gradle version by  @neilcsmith-net in  #7029
• Update Gradle Tooling API to 8.6 by  @lkishalmi in  #6926
• Debugging fixes by  @sdedic in  #7038

Maven

• Update maven central repo URL by  @mbien in  #6754
• Update bundled maven to 3.9.6. by  @mbien in  #6773
• Update maven mirror generator action. by  @mbien in  #6766
• Better transient repo deduplication. by  @mbien in  #6757
• Centralize internal maven artifact version queries. by  @mbien in  #6751
• Maven dependency update hint and version completion for pom profiles. by  @mbien in  #6765
• Work better with custom exec-style goals by  @sdedic in  #6805
• Update to maven-indexer 7.1.1 and lucene 9.9.1. by  @mbien in  #6791
• Disable ANSI decorations for default (embedded) maven logger. by  @mbien in  #6843
• Return root node even though everything is filtered. by  @sdedic in  #6846
• Priming build and reload improvements revisited by  @sdedic in  #6789
• Upgrade maven-indexer from 7.1.1 to 7.1.2 by  @mbien in  #6935
• #7018: Avoid NPE on null properties (compatibility) by  @sdedic in  #7033

Java

• Enable previously disabled tests for the java.hints module. by  @mbien in  #6554
• Fix for outline tab not loading in case package-info.java file is present in the workspace in vscode by  @Achal1607 in  #6642
• Code completion support for Micronaut Expression Language added. by  @dbalek in  #6648
• Fixing the UnitTestForSourceQueryImpl for openjdk projects. by  @lahodaj in  #6481
• The list of tests should include TestNG tests. by  @lahodaj in  #6615
• Avoiding crash during indexing when a record has a component with a wrong name. by  @lahodaj in  #6649
• Improving String templates support in the code gen. by  @lahodaj in  #6637
• Attempt to fix navigator popup menu race. by  @mbien in  #6727
• Adding CommandProvider API, to allow removal of commands out of java.lsp.server. by  @lahodaj in  #6133
• LSP: Java code completion speedup. by  @dbalek in  #6755
• Fix multiline String brace matching. by  @mbien in  #6726
• Support for multi-file source launcher. by  @lahodaj in  #6329
• Micronaut Data Endpoint Method generation added. by  @dbalek in  #6799
• Detect JPA provider on classpath, removing requirement to have it as legacy library by  @matthiasblaesing in  #6748
• Fix errors from java multi-file source launcher by  @matthiasblaesing in  #6832
• Added warning for case where var and diamond operator are used together by  @Achal1607 in  #6780
• Stacktrace analyzer window fixes by  @mbien in  #6841
• LSP: Using labelDetails in CompletionItems by  @dbalek in  #6904
• Not registering the LSP's SingleFileOptionsQueryImpl in java.lsp.server, but only in nbcode by  @lahodaj in  #6854
• Make NetBeans aware of the StringTemplate.STR default field import. by  @mbien in  #6908
• nb-javac: Check for Abort/CancelAbort in exception cause chain by  @matthiasblaesing in  #6865
• Adds null check before calling nullable repository variable method to avoid NPE  #6682 by  @snreinert in  #6694
• JShell: Running "Execute Java Shell" from Maven project fails by  @matthiasblaesing in  #6905
• ConvertToLambda hint should ignore default methods. by  @mbien in  #6658
• Updated test results window by  @mbien in  #6695
• [NETBEANS-6881][NETBEANS-6880][NETBEANS-6921] Additional fixes for the multi-file launcher: by  @lahodaj in  #6912
• Adding ability to safely enable/disable module fragments (requires restart, obviously), and tweaking nbjavac so that it can be enable/disabled. by  @lahodaj in  #6743
• [GITHUB-6970] MultiSourceRootProvider: reduce logging verbosity by  @matthiasblaesing in  #6975
• Update the mx suite parsing to work with sources of GraalVM version 23.1.0 by  @entlicher in  #7013

PHP

• Fix php tag fold test (attempt 2) by  @mbien in  #6665
• PHP 8.2 Support: Constants in Traits  #4725 by  @junichi11 in  #6700
• PHP: Implemented correct return type guessing for a function that returns an array by  @troizet in  #6697
• Handle brackets other than string correctly when "]" is typed  #6706 by  @junichi11 in  #6720
• Fix the formatting for a method invocation with a ternary or null-coalescing operator  #5380 by  @junichi11 in  #6724
• Fix incorrect indentation behavior  #6731 by  @junichi11 in  #6738
• PHP: Improve the performance for Go to Declaration by  @junichi11 in  #6712
• PHP 8.3 Support: Dynamic class constant fetch  #6701 by  @junichi11 in  #6752
• PHP 8.3 Support: Typed class constants  #6701 by  @junichi11 in  #6793
• PHP features for NB21 by  @junichi11 in  #6819
• PHP: Improve enum cases by  @junichi11 in  #6825
• PHP: Fixing cancelability bugs by reverting from a for each loop to a normal loop by  @troizet in  #6853
• PHP 8.3 Support: Marking overridden methods (#[\Override])  #6701 by  @junichi11 in  #6873
• Fix the formatting for the method call arguments alignment option  #6714 by  @junichi11 in  #6877
• PHP: mark a breakpoint as broken when an error is received when breakpoint_set is executed to set a breakpoint by  @troizet in  #6876
• Formatting for the group multiline alignment for match arm arrows  #6074 by  @junichi11 in  #6884
• PHP: New way to set the current breakpoint by  @troizet in  #6891
• Improve magic methods generation by  @junichi11 in  #6896
• Add the IncorrectStaticContextHintError as a new hint  #6703 by  @junichi11 in  #6899
• Fix the named argument code completion for constructors by  @junichi11 in  #6911
• Fix incorrect code completion with the same member names as semi-type prefixes  #6909 by  @junichi11 in  #6915
• PHP 8.0 Support: Attribute Syntax (Part 4) by  @junichi11 in  #6929
• Fix the problem that inccorect indentation is added after an attribute(e.g. #[Attr(1, 2)]) by  @junichi11 in  #6940
• PHP 8.0 Support: Attribute Syntax (Part 5) by  @junichi11 in  #6939
• Regenerate PHP signature files by  @junichi11 in  #6950
• Fix the code completion for predefined attributes by  @junichi11 in  #6951
• Prevent ParseException when CC is run on the EOF by  @junichi11 in  #7042

Enterprise

• WildFly - ConcurrentHashMap over synchronized collections and some improvements by  @pepness in  #6602
• Micronaut Template for Data repository - add support for Pageable by  @thurka in  #6591
• Database dialect not detected by  @thurka in  #6609
• Allow for creating Micronaut Controllers based on Data Repository interfaces by  @dbalek in  #6702
• Micronaut Expression Language: Goto Declaration and Hover implementation by  @dbalek in  #6732
• Download DB Wallet action should also create a DB Connection from IDE by  @thurka in  #6763
• "Copy OCID" action added by  @thurka in  #6786
• @Serdeable annotation added to generated entities. by  @dbalek in  #6811
• Improve code REST code generation/integration in JavaEE 9+ environments (jakarta namespace change) by  @matthiasblaesing in  #6728
• Update jaxb maven plugin and handle javax and jakarta namespaces by  @matthiasblaesing in  #6736
• Add support for GlassFish 7.0.10 by  @pepness in  #6747
• Add JAVA SE 23 support for Tomcat and TomEE by  @pepness in  #6824
• allow to copy OCID to clipboard by  @thurka in  #6804
• Add support for GlassFish 7.0.11 by  @pepness in  #6827
• Wildfly Integration further cleanup after  dca223a by  @matthiasblaesing in  #6872
• Entities from Database: Improve DB connection selection by  @matthiasblaesing in  #6888
• Report all occurences of a vulnerability. by  @sdedic in  #6972

Web

• JS: Enable contiouus completion of JS private members of classes (# prefixed) by  @matthiasblaesing in  #6741
• CSS-Refactoring: Fix NullPointerException from folder/file renaming by  @matthiasblaesing in  #6837
• Drop special mimetype for karma test configuration by  @matthiasblaesing in  #6883

Versioning

• GIT: Removed unnecessary separators from the git toolbar by  @troizet in  #6709
• Git client: Enable forced pushes for configured push and push to upstream by  @matthiasblaesing in  #6823
• Update to JGit 6.8 and Bouncy Castle 1.77 by  @mbien in  #6887

Editor

• Terminal, Output and Syntax Coloring options UI cleanup. by  @mbien in  #6660
• [NETBEANS-6527] Do not cast FormatterDocument class to BaseDocument class for formatting xml files by  @Achal1607 in  #6631

UI Changes

• Fix Project Group window EDT race condition and update UX by  @mbien in  #6772
• TaskList Model issues broken table model change events (breaks on JDK21+) by  @matthiasblaesing in  #6882
• Renamed Hudson to Jenkins in UI by  @rothardo in  #6797
• Update FlatLaf from 3.2.5 to 3.3 by  @DevCharly in  #6948
• FlatLAF properties fallback to Openable for rcp apps without editors by  @oyarzun in  #6958
• DiffView: delegate mouse scroll events from lines bar to editor. by  @mbien in  #7009
• Unable to open Preview Design window on Mac OS X and Windows by  @brunogptavares in  #7026

Platform

• Update ASM from 9.5 to 9.6 by  @pepness in  #6597
• [NETBEANS-1914] Fix startup problems on Windows after moving NetBeans install directory by  @eirikbakke in  #5027
• Forcing restart when to_enable.txt file exists in the Windows launcher. by  @lahodaj in  #6914

Language Server Protocol

• Ask for DB password when creating OCI Vault by  @jhorvath in  #6645
• Improve error message for failure to connect to a DB by  @thurka in  #6655
• The LSP client may send document content with non-LF line endings, normalize before comparing with NB document content. by  @lahodaj in  #6690
• LSP: Minor changes. by  @dbalek in  #6739
• Fix old command prefix. by  @jhorvath in  #6733
• Remove usages of the -Xdebug option. by  @mbien in  #6722
• LSP: Adding CodaActionProvider API. by  @dbalek in  #6770
• Update OKE ConfigMap with Vault details by  @jhorvath in  #6746
• Allow to instruct the client to save a document. by  @sdedic in  #6848
• Fix unimported command prefix. by  @Ondrej-Douda in  #6851
• Don't create OCI Vault secrets with empty datasource name by  @jhorvath in  #6870
• asyncOpenSelectedProjects will return project that correspond to the candidates by  @sdedic in  #6852
• Work on documents, not on editors. Translate URIs on Windows by  @sdedic in  #6941
• CustomIndexerImpl should handle broken property files a bit better. by  @mbien in  #6945

VSCode Extension

• CI: Add build-from-src-zip job by  @mbien in  #6579
• Improving handling of string templates in the Java syntax. by  @lahodaj in  #6745
• Use vscode's selected launch config for project launch and codelens run/debug by  @sdedic in  #6813
• Publish configured GSON in request's Lookup by  @sdedic in  #6847
• Prevent deadlock from firing events. by  @sdedic in  #6845
• Adjusting command name for surround.with. by  @lahodaj in  #6771
• Remove debugging debris preventing extension start. by  @sdedic in  #6928
• VSCode: Java TextMate grammar updated. by  @dbalek in  #6946

Maintanance

• Installed some internal generics to fix some compiler warnings by  @tbw777 in  #5576
• Upgrade commons libs, freemarker, jackson, batik and flexmark by  @mbien in  #6918
• Upgrade commons-io from 2.15.0 to 2.15.1. by  @mbien in  #6922
• Github actions version bumps. by  @mbien in  #6850

Other Changes

• Adding priorities to SQLCompletionItem by  @jhorvath in  #6620
• Navigate to Scala classes in Analyze Stack Window by  @jtulach in  #6640
• Use Ant for building NetBeans Gradle Tooling by  @lkishalmi in  #6816
• LSP Improvement by  @matthiasblaesing in  #6856
• Merge back Windows launcher code and add release workflow by  @neilcsmith-net in  #6869
• Changelog update for VSNetBeans 20.0.301 by  @MartinBalin in  #6910
• Update Windows launcher (1-94a19f0) by  @neilcsmith-net in  #6933
• Enabling libs.nbjavacapi for debugger.jpda.truffle tests. by  @lahodaj in  #6953
• [ GH-6970] Adding a system property to disable the multi source file handling. by  @lahodaj in  #6974

New Contributors

• @rothardo made their first contribution in  #6797
• @snreinert made their first contribution in  #6694
• @brunogptavares made their first contribution in  #7026

Full Changelog:  20...21

Release Apache NetBeans 21 · apache/netbeans