Agreed. Having seen a similiar feature in IntelliJ I already thought of
somethong similiar..If there is already a starting point inside the java
platform wizard this seems the way to go.

Sven

Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org> schrieb am So., 28. Juni 2020,
23:24:

> Great, let’s do this.
>
> Gj
>
> On Sun, 28 Jun 2020 at 06:55, Jaroslav Tulach <jaroslav.tul...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > - sobota 27. června 2020 10:06:56 CEST, Geertjan Wielenga -
> > > Azul would most likely want to include functionality for selecting,
> > using,
> > > and updating Zulu from within their bundle of NetBeans. I.e., so that
> > when
> > > Java development is done in the NetBeans bundled with Zulu, the
> developer
> > > can choose Zulu and also keep their Zulu install updated.
> >
> >
> > I was planning to enhance the Tools/Java Platforms/Add Platform wizard
> > with an
> > option to download, install and register GraalVM. It would be the best
> way
> > of
> > running non-browser JavaScript in the JVM at full speed. Especially now,
> > when
> > nashorn has been removed: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2106
> >
> > Unless I am mistaken there already is an API for hooking into the Java
> > Platform creation wizard:
> >
> https://bits.netbeans.org/12.0/javadoc/org-netbeans-modules-java-platform-ui/org/netbeans/spi/java/platform/
> > GeneralPlatformInstall.html
> > <
> https://bits.netbeans.org/12.0/javadoc/org-netbeans-modules-java-platform-ui/org/netbeans/spi/java/platform/GeneralPlatformInstall.html
> >
> > and registering own platform. I assume Azul could
> > use it as well.
> >
> > I envision such wizards being part of the standard Apache NetBeans
> builds.
> > GraalVM is the fastest open source Java out there and Zulu is the most
> > easily
> > obtainable build of OpenJDK I know. Making them easily reachable is a
> > service
> > to our users, right?
> >
> > -jt
> >
> >
> >
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