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Bug 200107

Summary:	Remove Swing Application Framework library from NetBeans
Product:	guibuilder	Reporter:	Jan Stola <jstola>
Component:	App Framework	Assignee:	Jan Stola <jstola>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	jglick, kganfield
Priority:	P1	Keywords:	PLAN
Version:	7.1
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	TASK	Exception Reporter:
Bug Depends on:	206786
Bug Blocks:

Description Jan Stola 2011-07-13 12:10:04 UTC

It has been decided to discontinue the support for Swing Application Framework. 

Hence, we should
a) remove swingapp module from the build
b) remove samples based on Swing Application Framework
   (Document Editor, Mars Rover Viewer)
c) remove help topics related to functionality being removed
d) provide LibraryDefiner for Swing Application Framework library
   to allow compilation of the existing projects (it should download
   the library from Maven repository or directly from java.net)
e) provide explanatory dialog shown when user attempts to open
   form file based on Swing Application Framework

Comment 1 Jan Stola 2011-07-19 13:21:14 UTC

Parts a) b) and e) has been implemented by
http://hg.netbeans.org/jet-main/rev/13d21bc284e5

Comment 2 Jesse Glick 2011-07-21 17:08:13 UTC

76c48fc7179e apparently implements part (d). But rather than copying and pasting code, leading to unmaintainable copies scattered throughout the codebase, why not define a proper API that both junit and swingapp can use? http://bugzilla-attachments-194744.netbeans.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=105374 gives the idea.

Comment 3 Jan Stola 2011-07-22 15:00:10 UTC

Part d) has been implemented by

http://hg.netbeans.org/jet-main/rev/9bdb2db049b5
http://hg.netbeans.org/jet-main/rev/76c48fc7179e
http://hg.netbeans.org/jet-main/rev/bb8adba95380

Part c) is covered by issue 200318

Hence, I am closing this issue as FIXED.

> But rather than copying and pasting code, leading to unmaintainable copies
> scattered throughout the codebase, why not define a proper API that both
> junit and swingapp can use?
> http://bugzilla-attachments-194744.netbeans.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=105374
> gives the idea.

Of course, it is clear to me that it is not ideal to copy the mentioned code. On the other hand, the API is not there yet and I was asked to make the fix as soon as possible because there was a risk that we will have to port it to NetBeans 7.0.1 as well (happily, it doesn't seem to be the case according to the latest news). In any case, I will be happy to utilize such API once introduced, but I am not responsible for that area. Feel free to fill a corresponding request against java/project