Various Ant tasks used during the NetBeans build process.
Of especial interest to module developers are:
- <makenbm>
- <genlist>
- Create NBM files for Auto Update, and create update tracking files to list
the files contained in an NBM.
- <jhindexer>
- <checklinks>
- <checkhelpsets>
- Create search databases for JavaHelp help sets. Check those help sets, or
any other sets of HTML files, for broken links.
- <arch>
- Create a high-level architectural summary of your module and how it
interacts with the complete application, based on a premade XML-based
questionnaire.
Of especial interest to those creating a complete NetBeans distribution:
- <createmodulexml>
- Pregenerate the files system/Modules/*.xml in a NetBeans
distribution, so that they are not created in the user directory when NetBeans
is first started.
- <makeupdatedesc>
- Create an XML file which can be put on a webserver that Auto Update can
connect to in order to get a list of NBMs that it can install - create your own
update center.