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Bug 74044

Summary:	webstart module dependency
Product:	projects	Reporter:	ats37 <ats37>
Component:	Java Webstart	Assignee:	Milan Kubec <mkubec>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	blocker	CC:	pjiricka
Priority:	P3	Keywords:	ARCH
Version:	5.x
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:

Description ats37 2006-03-27 16:31:38 UTC

As reported on the mailing lists; Jaroslav said to raise an issue, so here you are:


While playing around in 5.0, I decided to disable various modules that I'm not
using (via the Module Manager).  Since I'm not working on any Netbeans modules,
I unticked the Netbeans Modules Projects module, but got a dialog warning that
this would also disable the Netbeans Module for Java Web Start. The description
says that this module "Enables Java Web Start technology on regular J2SE
projects."  Now, I am working on J2SE projects, and might like to try out
webstart on one of them later, so I don't want to disable that.

So, I'm wondering why the WebStart module is dependent on the Modules Projects
one?  Can you only use webstart with NB Platform applications, rather than plain
J2SE ones?  If so the description needs correcting, plus, shouldn't the WebStart
module appear under "Developing NetBeans" rather than "Java" in the hierarchy? 
Or is there no actual dependency, and it's just that the module's configuration
is wrong?

If there is a dependency, it seems to me like a good candidate for refactoring -
surely it ought to be possible to create a webstart-launchable swing app, that's
not assembled from NB modules, without having the module dev modules installed?

Comment 1 Jesse Glick 2006-04-03 17:45:35 UTC

Petr we don't seem to have a 3rdparty subcomponent for the JNLP module?

Anyway I am pretty sure this is a dupe; others have complained about the same
issue. Obvious architecture defect.

Comment 2 Petr Jiricka 2006-04-04 22:25:10 UTC

We have the javawebstart component, this is now open source. Reassigning.

Comment 3 Milan Kubec 2007-03-23 11:07:02 UTC

The issue is no more valid with new implmentation of Java Web Start module.