Some of these features (to be determined) will be done by Oracle IDC team for 12.0, i.e., some of these (to be determined) will be new for the first time in 12.0.
The focus will be on small features that can be added as new tasks within existing test specs.
- New Java type, Sealed types - Will be preview in JDK 15
- Any modification to the TextBlocks - finalization (Based on JDK 15)
- Copying a class externally and pasting it in NetBeans to creates class automatically.
- Conversion of Lambdas to Method Reference and vice-versa, what is present today is Lambdas to Anonymous and Anonymous to Lambda conversion.
Beyond NB 12.0
- Plan to create installer of any chosen projects using the JPackager.
- Support for additional breakpoints in Lambda.
Text block language annotation, extension to text block specification, without identifying the language text blocks may not be of much use.
- Option to download Java not already present when installing NetBeans.