Change History for the Visual Library API - NetBeans API Javadoc (Current Development Version)

Introduction

This document lists changes made to the Visual Library API. Please, ask on the users@graph.netbeans.org mailing list if you have any question about the details of a change, or are wondering how to convert existing code to be compatible.

Index of APIs

Visual Library API

Incompatible changes by date

Fuller descriptions of all changes can be found below (follow links).

Not all deprecations are listed here, assuming that the deprecated APIs continue to essentially work. For a full deprecation list, please consult the Javadoc.

All changes by date

(Apr 10 '07) AnimatorListener added
(Apr 10 '07) ConnectionWidgetCollisionsCollection added
(Apr 3 '07) Added LabelWidget.orientation property
(Apr 3 '07) Widget.paintBorder method introduced
(Mar 13 '07) Added ActionFactory.createActionMapAction methods
(Mar 9 '07) Cut-distance can be specified for Triangle anchor shape
(Mar 9 '07) Renaming non-standard names - FillLayout and SerialLayout
(Mar 9 '07) Move deprecated classes out from the public API - ListWidget and ListItemWidget
(Mar 8 '07) The library API becomes stable

Changes by version

These API specification versions may be used to indicate that a module requires a certain API feature in order to function. For example, if you see here a feature you need which is labelled 1.20, your manifest should contain in its main attributes the line:

OpenIDE-Module-Module-Dependencies: org.netbeans.api.visual > 1.20

(2.2) AnimatorListener added
(2.2) ConnectionWidgetCollisionsCollection added
(2.1) Added LabelWidget.orientation property
(2.1) Widget.paintBorder method introduced
(2.0) The library API becomes stable
(2.0) Cut-distance can be specified for Triangle anchor shape
(2.0) Renaming non-standard names - FillLayout and SerialLayout
(2.0) Move deprecated classes out from the public API - ListWidget and ListItemWidget
(2.0) Added ActionFactory.createActionMapAction methods

Changes by affected class

`org.netbeans.api.visual.action.ActionFactory`

(Mar 13 '07) Added ActionFactory.createActionMapAction methods

`org.netbeans.api.visual.anchor.AnchorShapeFactory`

(Mar 9 '07) Cut-distance can be specified for Triangle anchor shape

`org.netbeans.api.visual.animator.AnimatorListener`

(Apr 10 '07) AnimatorListener added

`org.netbeans.api.visual.router.ConnectionWidgetCollisionsCollector`

(Apr 10 '07) ConnectionWidgetCollisionsCollection added

`org.netbeans.api.visual.widget.LabelWidget`

(Apr 3 '07) Added LabelWidget.orientation property

`org.netbeans.api.visual.layout.LayoutFactory`

(Mar 9 '07) Renaming non-standard names - FillLayout and SerialLayout

`org.netbeans.api.visual.widget.Widget`

(Apr 3 '07) Widget.paintBorder method introduced

Details of all changes by API and date

Visual Library API

AnimatorListener added

Apr 10 '07; API spec. version: 2.2; affected top-level classes: AnimatorListener; made by: dkaspar; issues: #99048
AnimatorListener interface has been added. It allows listening to important events of Animator interface implementation. Built-in animators are accessible using getters on SceneAnimator class.

ConnectionWidgetCollisionsCollection added

Apr 10 '07; API spec. version: 2.2; affected top-level classes: ConnectionWidgetCollisionsCollector; made by: dkaspar; issues: #99054
New ConnectionWidgetCollisionsCollection interface added. It allows to obtain a context of currently routed ConnectionWidget. It can be used using RouterFactory.createOrthogonalSearchRouter factory method.

Added LabelWidget.orientation property

Apr 3 '07; API spec. version: 2.1; affected top-level classes: LabelWidget; made by: dkaspar; issues: #98641
Added support for rendering vertical labels.

Widget.paintBorder method introduced

Apr 3 '07; API spec. version: 2.1; affected top-level classes: Widget; made by: dkaspar; issues: #98307
Widget.paintBorder method introduced.

Added ActionFactory.createActionMapAction methods

Mar 13 '07; API spec. version: 2.0; affected top-level classes: ActionFactory; made by: dkaspar; issues: #97563
Added an action whith is using ActionMap and InputMap for handling key-presses and a popup menu.

Cut-distance can be specified for Triangle anchor shape

Mar 9 '07; API spec. version: 2.0; affected top-level classes: AnchorShapeFactory; made by: dkaspar; issues: #91613
AnchorShapeFactory.createTriangleAnchorShape factory method now takes cut-distance parameter.

Renaming non-standard names - FillLayout and SerialLayout

Mar 9 '07; API spec. version: 2.0; affected top-level classes: LayoutFactory; made by: dkaspar; issues: #97562
FillLayout class has been renamed to OverlayLayout. SerialLayout class has been renamed to FlowLayout. At the same time their factory methods has bee renamed too. LayoutFactory.createFillLayout method renamed to LayoutFactory.createOverlayLayout. LayoutFactory.createHorizontalLayout method renamed to LayoutFactory.createHorizontalFlowLayout. LayoutFactory.createVerticalLayout method renamed to LayoutFactory.createVerticalFlowLayout. The original methods are deprecated now and are going to be removed for 6.0 Milestone 9. The new methods has been added. Also BorderLayout.createFancyDashedBorder method is going to be removed for 6.0 Milestone 9. Use BorderLayout.createDashedBorder(...,true) method instead. Note that the LayouFactory.SerialAlignment enum name is not changed.

Move deprecated classes out from the public API - ListWidget and ListItemWidget

Mar 9 '07; API spec. version: 2.0; affected packages: org.netbeans.api.visual.widget.general; made by: dkaspar; issues: #97564
ListWidget and ListItemWidget are not in final shape and are deprecated. Therefore they have been moved out from the public-API packages. Now they are copied in the org.netbeans.modules.visual.experimental.widget.general package. The original classes are still deprecated and going to be removed for 6.0 Milestone 9. Note that if you want to use the experimental widgets (outside of the public-API packages), you have to set an implementation dependency on org.netbeans.api.visual module. Please, do not use implemementation dependency for anything except this.

The library API becomes stable

Mar 8 '07; API spec. version: 2.0; affected packages: org.netbeans.api.visual; made by: dkaspar; issues: #95110
The library API becomes stable.