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Enhancements

Java Language

New JDK 14 and 15-Specific Java Language Features

• Code coloring. Keywords "sealed", "non-sealed", and "permits" are highlighted conforming to the existing styles of all other Java keywords.
  
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• Code formatting for "sealed" type. Extended the Java code formatting feature to include "sealed" and "permits" clauses for the first time.

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• Auto-completion for "sealed" type. Added keyword "sealed" and "non-sealed" before "class" declaration. Added "permits" only in the allowed location, i.e., the "permits" clause is not allowed to be put before "extends" and "implements" clause, if present.
  
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• Show types for chained method invocations: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2365
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• Create new Class/Interface/Enum when copy-paste raw text: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2334
• Sealed color and formatting: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2282
• Auto completion for Sealed Types: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2283

  
  

• Fixed Record Formatting issue with use of annotation: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2391
  
  
• Fixed issue: refactor record rename & move record file to other package: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2310 
  
  
• Invoke code completion for "Record" variable name and the editor will analyze the context and then suggest choices that are reachable from the current caret position.
  
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• Fixed JavaDoc listing for class-type RECORD on auto completion: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2412
  
  
• Create only one instance of javacnb-javac fork supports JDK 15: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2408

New Miscellaneous Java Language Features

• Show types for chained method invocations: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2365
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• Create new Class/Interface/Enum when copy-paste raw text: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2334
  
  
• Create only one instance of javac2305nb-javac fork supports JDK 15: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/24082305
  
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JavaFX

• Avoid assertion & NPE in fxml code completion: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2399
• Disallow FXML controller in default package: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2331
• Include immutable objects for fxml editor identification: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2333

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• Added Gradle wrapper distribution change detection: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2366
• Add JAVA_HOME to Gradle build environment variables: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2320
• Better way to detect sources and javadocs in Gradle Projects: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2499
• Fixed Gradle Java Frontend Application generation: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2485
• Enable run/debug single when the suitable task is provided by the Gradle project: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2458
• Flush Gradle Standard output in 200ms if it stalled: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2270
• Handle source type correctly in GradleSourcesImpl: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2339
• Fix missing artifact nodes in Gradle Project Configurations: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2490
• Fixing Lombok in Gradle Projects: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2392
• Arrange Gradle Source info detail tabs to the right: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2361
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• maven project open use no-lock getModuleName: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2340

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• PHP 8.0 support: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2457
• PHP 8.0 Support: Allow ::class on objects part: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2295
• PHP 8.0 Support: Allow trailing comma in parameter list: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2269
• PHP 8.0 Support: Non-capturing catches part: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2265
• PHP 8.0 Support: throw Expression part: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2280
• PHP 8.0 Support: Match expression v2: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2303
• PHP 8.0 Support: Static return type: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2335
• Dependencies and infrastructure of JavaScript and HTML features cleaned up: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2424
• html parser dont wait for projects open: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2341
• Removed obsolete Oracle JET support: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2367
• CSS3 enhancements: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2299
• Add Plugin for BootsFaces in order to support <b:dataTable: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2357
• Fix broken npm search: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2286

NOTE

• We haven't finished implementing PHP 8.0 support yet. It means that some new syntaxes are not supported yet(e.g. Attribute, named parameter,...).

Library Upgrades

• Ant to 1.10.8: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2315
• exec-maven-plugin from 1.5.0 to 3.0.0: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2288
• Gradle Tooling API to 6.67: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/23162479
• JDBC PostgreSQL from 42.2.10 to 42.2.16: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2284
• JGit to 5.7.0.202003110725-r: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2116
• payara-micro-maven-plugin to v1.3.0: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2454
• Spring Framework to version 4.3.29: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2374
• Spring Framework to version 5.2.9: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2373
• TestNG and upgrade from 6.8.1 to 6.14.3: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2350

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• Detect JDK-s installed with SDKMan and Debian: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2329
• Check unpack200 and warn the user on JDK14+: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2317
• Update to the mac os installer as it was failing on Big Sur: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2353
• Avoiding use of Nashorn (removed in JDK 15) in J2SE multi-module: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2322

Reference: Complete Listing of Closed PRs for 12.

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