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• Enhancement to the installer enables subsets of Apache NetBeans to be installed (from 11.2).

Java

• General Java Editor Features
  "main" is a new shortcut, that does the same as "psvm", i.e., creates 'public static void main'
  New JDK 14 Language Features
  
  
  • JEP 359: Records (Preview), syntax coloring, Navigator support, and formatting of the new Java Records. Run 12.0 on JDK 14 and create a class like this, the syntax coloring should be not broken and the Navigator should show equals, hashCode, toString, x, y:
    

    public class Foo {
        public record Bar(String x, int y) {
        }
    }
    
    

• New JDK 13 Language Features
  
  
  • JEP 355: Switch Expressions (Preview Feature), as shown below, addition needed to Java Syntax Coloring test spec.
    
    
    
    
  • JEP 355: Text Blocks (Preview Feature), hint for converting to/from text blocks, as shown below, addition needed to Java Hints test spec for this.
    
    
    
    
    
    
• New JDK 12 Language Features
  
  
  • JEP 325: Switch Expressions (Preview) – code completion for JEP-325 preview feature for multiple case labels, as shown below, addition needed to Java Code Completion test spec.
    
    
• New JDK 11 Language Features
  
  
  • JEP 330: Launch Single-File Source-Code Programs – a new Java source file can be created in the Favorites window, it can be run, and debugged.
    
    
• Miscellaneous Java Editor Features
  
  
  • "main" is a new shortcut, that does the same as "psvm", i.e., creates 'public static void main'
    
    
  • Support for inline parameter name hints for Java impacts the Java Editor test spec:
    
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Java EE

• Java EE 8 support, for the first time since 11.1, for Maven-based and Gradle-based Web applications. The new Java EE 8 support provides the ability to create Java EE 8 applications and deploy to a Java EE 8 container, with new "webapp-javaee8" Maven archetype created for use with Apache NetBeans.
  
  
  
  
• Support for JSF 2.3; CDI Changes for JSF Artifact Injection (introduced in 11.3), e.g., f:websocket is now supported:
  
  
  
  
• Payara integration out of the box for the first time, including Payara Platform 5.194/5.201 support and Payara Server Hot Deploy support.
  
  
• Support for GlassFish 5.0.1.

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