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A possible pattern is - <netbeans-repo-root>nbbuild/antsrc/org/netbeans/nbbuild/VerifyClassLinkage.java This test should avoid NoClassDefFound when mixing classes of non-updated modules with updated modules with new signatures. It's related to http://wiki.netbeans.org/SignatureTest