Yes, of course. But Johannes was responding to this statement of yours and trying to help you and show you how to do this:
- Alternatively You could depend on the implementation version; but I don't > see how to do that, if You're using Maven. Gj On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 12:01 PM, Peter Nabbefeld <peter.nabbef...@gmx.de> wrote: > > Hi Johannes, > > thank You for the info! I'll have to find out what I was missing then. > Nevertheless, IMHO a module depending on an implementation is not very > convenient, as it will always fail to load when the dependency changed in > any way, not necessarily the API (in that case the spec version should > probably change, too). > > Kind regards > Peter > > > > Am 13.07.2018 um 10:33 schrieb Johannes Boesl: > >> Hi there, >> >> just for completeness. It's well possible to depend on implementation >> version using maven. Here is an abstract from one of my poms: >> >> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> >> <artifactId>nbm-maven-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> >> <publicPackages> <publicPackage>de.adito.aditow >> eb.nbm.designerbase.*</publicPackage> </publicPackages> >> <moduleDependencies> <dependency> >> <id>org.netbeans.modules:org-netbeans-modules-projectui</id> >> <type>impl</type> <explicitValue>org.netbeans.modules.projectui = >> 201609300101</explicitValue> </dependency> <dependency> >> <id>org.netbeans.modules:org-netbeans-modules-git</id> <type>impl</type> >> <explicitValue>org.netbeans.modules.git = 201609300101</explicitValue> >> </dependency> <dependency> <id>org.netbeans.modules:org-n >> etbeans-modules-versioning-util</id> <type>impl</type> <explicitValue> >> org.netbeans.modules.versioning.util = 201609300101</explicitValue> >> </dependency> <dependency> >> <id>org.netbeans.api:org-netbeans-modules-csl-api</id> >> <type>impl</type> <explicitValue>org.netbeans.modules.csl.api/2 = >> 2</explicitValue> </dependency> </moduleDependencies> >> <moduleType>eager</moduleType> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> >> </build> >> >> With kind regards, >> Johannes Boesl >> >> >> Am 13.07.2018 um 01:11 schrieb Peter Nabbefeld: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I personally don't like "Friend" APIs, as really I like the idea of an >>> open, extensible IDE. >>> >>> From my point of view, Friend APIs make it difficult or impossible to >>> extend NetBeans for personal use: >>> - You have to ask for being added to the friends list. This is >>> especially a problem, if You want to implement some private-use >>> feature, e.g. for Your employer. >>> - Alternatively You could depend on the implementation version; but I >>> don't see how to do that, if You're using Maven. >>> - Third possibility is just patching the modules to remove the friends >>> and make the API public - very ugly, and You have to do it after every >>> update. >>> >>> OTOH, having a friends-only API leads to fewer dependencies on the >>> API, thus less impact from changes to the API, which makes work easier >>> for the developers, of course. >>> >>> However, if an API isn't stable, yet, it could also just be flagged as >>> "Under Development", thus telling users of those, that it is subject >>> to change. Also, as it is possible to use default methods in >>> interfaces from Java 8, it should be less of a problem to extend an >>> existing API. But You can use the API on Your own risk without any >>> conflicts. >>> >>> An exception of course is having APIs only for modularity, if classes >>> are spread over different modules and need an API to interact with >>> each other. In this case the API's purpose is not to integrate >>> extensions, but to split responsibilities - in this case I fully agree >>> these are not for public use. >>> >>> I'd be interested in comments on this - so, what do You think? >>> >>> Kind regards >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.incubator.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.incubator.apache.org >>> >>> For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.incubator.apache.org > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > >
