Re: Resource handling in Java UISpec

cL wrote:
> Svata Dedic wrote:
>> In rev. 1.23, there's no way how to add required libraries to a 
>> library (only filechooser is opened):
>>     http://java.netbeans.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=32661
> 
> how is a library stored? assuming there is a file that collects the 
> contents and roles of what makes up a library then the filechooser can 
> grab those (we'd then need to add a location field for each library to 
> say where it should be stored).
> 

I assume it will be a folder with some metadata recognized specially by 
the IDE. Petr has broadened the usage, so it can be now:
- in the project
- onto system filesystem (a.k.a Library Repository)
- anywhere on the local harddrive.

The filechooser is good only for the last option, I don't think that 
user should be allowed to browse through $nb_install/system folders or 
through project file structure -- to many confusing things/folders in 
there. For both cases, we should be able to extract list of libraries 
already defined in {library repo, project}, however.

>>
>> Next, the ClassPath Customizer on "Compiled Classes" - style targets 
>> is implemented according to the UI spec, to the latest detail. Even 
>> suffering the same bug as the UI spec: a resource from the very same 
>> Project can not be added to the classpath:
>>     http://java.netbeans.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=32662
> 
> good point. we can add an intermediate step to Add in the classpath 
> customizer that first lets the user choose from resources already 
> present in the project with a 'New...' button to go off and add a 
> completely new resource if they need to.

OK.

>> One could also discuss the commonality of adding something to the 
>> bootstrap path. As it is relatively uncommon, the option should not 
>> have its place in New Resource Wizard.
> 
> i'm not convinced this is bug. see the bug description.
> 
OK, we'll see after it is in action for some time.

> 
> if the user opens the customizer on the resource and changes the Use 
> Resource combo-box value they can assign the resource for use project 
> wide. see figure 28.
> 
Got me. Thanks.

-Svata