I will post a new tutorial on this topic. Important: actually the syntax of the license file can be more complex than in our example because it is processed by a tool during the inclusion process. The text is free but it should formatted as a comment (in my case I used the Java block comment: /* */ ). Now we open the mylicense.txt file to add some contents. In this example, the file is named mylicense.txt and it is placed in the root of the project. Let’s create a text file on the root of the project which will contain the text of the license header. The “Use Global license” options let us choose among popular license header: Apache, GPL, MIT, NetBeans but in this tutorial we will create a custom license header.įirst step is to create a file for our project license header. In the project properties we can find a dedicated section to license headers: NetBeans has special support for the license headers we usually add at the begin of the source files for copyright messages and references to license agreement. Posted in Netbeans, Tools, tutorial | Tagged external plugin, java, license, license header, netbeans, plugin, project configuration | 2 Comments Tutorial: license headers in NetBeans use standard NetBeans File → New File procedure to create new project files.run the plugin on a project file or package or folder,in order to include all existing project files.NOTE: One little annoying problem with the plugin is that the selected license is not kept for the following plugin invocations. All new created files (including file types not supported by the plugin) will inherit the setting and they will have the correct license header. If checked, the plugin will save the selected license in the project configuration (the same used by native NetBeans solution). IMPORTANT: The checkbox “Set as default project license” (see 3) is very important. We can select the license from the template list (see 1) or browse the disk for a custom license file (see 2) which will be included in the template list by the plugin. Second page of the wizard is the following: Nice added feature is the possibility to change the line endings character (see 2). On the first page we can select the files types on which the plugin should operate on (see 1). In this case NetBeans let us save the license file within the project (so all team members can use it) while, with the plugin, all licenses are stored in the user NetBeans installation (which is not shared across the team).Īfter plugin installation, you can select a file or a package and apply “Change License Header” (see picture below).Ī wizard starts. With the plugin we can do more that native NetBeans solution except for one use-case: when you have a proprietary and project specific license. You can have a look at the beginning of View → IDE Log for your real path. NOTE: all custom license files will be saved in the NetBeans User Directory. If you have your own license file, you have to include it in the template list (but the plugin help on this). ![]() NetBeans installation includes several license templates (Tools → Templates) for the most popular Open Source licenses: The plugin uses one of the available templates. The plugin is based on license template concept. Java 6 and previous versions are at end of life stage so they are no more updated.Īn alternative solution to the native NetBeans license header management (see my previous post) is the “License Changer” plugin by nhoffmann available on NetBeans plugin portal ( ). This version only includes the bug fix for the verifier regression (see above). ![]() New update also for Java version 7: 7u67. Nice feature for 64bit users is in the Java Control Panel where we can select to automatically update both 32bit and 64bit JRE.īy the way, the famous Java 8 bugs which affected several third party tools like jRebel (see for example ) has been fixed. ![]() ![]() It requires a commercial license.Īnother commercial product is the new JRE installer for Windows which fully support MSI technology. JMC is a tool to monitor and collect data from running applications and Java run-time environments.ĪMC (Advanced Management Console) is a Java applications and versions usage collector and analysis tool. Java Mission Control has been updated to version 5.4. After the 8u11 release on mid of July, Oracle has released JDK 8u20 which includes several new and updated tools and a significant amount of bug fixes.
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