Using an IDE to work on the Java library

[Andrew Haley]

On 22/11/17 01:27, Bradford Wetmore wrote:
> 
> On 11/13/2017 9:21 AM, Andrew Haley wrote:
>> On 13/06/17 03:06, Bradford Wetmore wrote:
>>> 4.  Install Jan Lahoda's (Oracle JDK/Netbeans) "JDK Project for
>>> NetBeans" plugin.  Also "JTReg Support" if you are using JTReg.
>>>
>>>       . In Tools->Plugins menu go to Settings
>>>       . Click Add button
>>>       . In the URL paste:
>>>
>>>   
>>> http://lahoda.info/hudson/job/nb-jdk-project/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/build/updates/updates.xml
>>
>> It's been a while, but ... this project seems to be dead.
> 
> Jan has been updating when significant issues are discovered/reported, 
> there is a version coming based on my report last week.

He's updated his site, and I now have been able to use it.

> BTW, are you trying to run a test suite from within Netbeans, or just 
> debug an individual test?

I'm trying to debug AOT compilation.

All I want is a JDK that I can debug and edit.  I've been trying to
use the Netbeans projects because there are dozens (hundreds? :-) of
source directories in the JDK and having to enter every single one of
them into the Netbeans "add source" dialogue is incredibly painful.  I
thought I'd use one of the Netbeans projects, but I can't run a simple
program, and I can't get any of the test cases to run either.

> Hope this helps,

I'll give it a try, thanks.  But many of the directories are still
missing from that project, such as jdk.internal.vm.compiler.  Can that
project be fixed so that everything is included and can be debugged
and edited?

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Andrew Haley
Java Platform Lead Engineer
Red Hat UK Ltd. <https://www.redhat.com>
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