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About nb-javac!
"nb-javac" is a patched version of OpenJDK "javac", i.e., the Java compiler. This has long been part of NetBeans, providing a highly tuned Java compiler specifically for the Java editor i.e., parsing and lexing for features such as syntax coloring, code completion.
Prerequisite
- Git
- Ant 1.9.9 or above
- JDK 8 or above (to build nb-javac)
- Apache Maven
Building nb-javac jar files
- Obtain the code with the following command
$ git clone https://github.com/oracle/nb-javac.git
- To get a specific version use the following command
$ git checkout <release_tag_name>
- Run the below command to build nb-javac.
$ ant -f ./make/langtools/netbeans/nb-javac clean jar
Two jars namely javac-api*.jar
and javac-impl*.jar
are going to appear
at location ./make/langtools/netbeans/nb-javac/dist/
- Run below command to zip the source code of nb-javac
$ ant -f ./make/langtools/netbeans/nb-javac zip-nb-javac-sources
Publishing to maven central / OSSRH
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Aquire an account for OSSRH from sonatype and get access to the target groupId See here: https://central.sonatype.org/pages/ossrh-guide.html
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Configure the maven installation so that the credentials are made available for the server with the id oss.sonatype.org
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Run
ant -f ./make/langtools/netbeans/nb-javac publish-to-ossrh-snapshots -Dmaven.groupId=your.grp.id
to publish snapshot artifacts (https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/)
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Run
ant -f ./make/langtools/netbeans/nb-javac publish-to-maven-central -Dmaven.groupId=your.grp.id
to stage the release, which will get promoted to maven central, after it has been manually released.
Installation
1. Copy jars by following commands
cp nb-javac/make/langtools/netbeans/nb-javac/dist/nb-javac-$ver-api.jar netbeans/java/libs.javacapi/external/nb-javac-$ver-api.jar
cp nb-javac/make/langtools/netbeans/nb-javac/dist/nb-javac-$ver-impl.jar netbeans/java/libs.javacimpl/external/nb-javac-$ver-impl.jar
2. Open Netbeans and activate Java SE by creating or opening a ant, maven or gradle then copy jars by these commands
cp nb-javac/make/langtools/netbeans/nb-javac/dist/nb-javac-$ver-impl.jar netbeans/nbbuild/testuserdir/modules/ext/nb-javac-$ver-impl.jar
cp nb-javac/make/langtools/netbeans/nb-javac/dist/nb-javac-$ver-api.jar netbeans/nbbuild/testuserdir/modules/ext/nb-javac-$ver-api.jar
touch netbeans/nbbuild/testuserdir/.lastmodified
Documentation
- https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Overview%3A+nb-javac
- https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Release+Schedule
- https://confluence.oraclecorp.com/confluence/display/NB/nb-javac+JDK14+uptake
- https://wiki.se.oracle.com/display/JPG/Behavior+without+NB-Javac
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Contributing
See the Contributing Policy
Security
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License
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Released under the GNU General Public License (GPL)