RE: Bug in NB Module design and beansbinding

> From: hwadechandler-nb@...
> To: dev@...
> Subject: Re: [openide-dev] Bug in NB Module design and beansbinding
>
> --- jose silva <jlmssilva@...> wrote:
> > I've found what appear to be a bug in NB 6.0 and 6.0.1 (i've tried it in both). In short
> > beansbinding doesn't work in NB Modules. It works perfectly well in standard java applications
> > but not inside an NB module. I've tried in NB 6.0 and 6.0.1 and in a fresh installation of NB
> > 6.0 in a second computer to eliminate possibility of problems with my computer installation.
> >
> > The apparent problem can be reproduced like this:
> > In an NB module, create a new form by creating new Window component. Create also a simple bean
> > with only one field, compile the class and register it as a binding source by drag and drop it
> > inside the form. Insert a single text field from the palette, by pressing the right button over
> > it select bind->text, chose the bean from the first combo and the field from the second.
> >
> > So far, so good. Unfortunately an error appears in the form's auto-generated code in the line
> > "private org.jdesktop.beansbinding.BindingGroup bindingGroup" and the error is "package
> > org.jdesktop.beansbinding does not exist". This line is in the protected area so I can´t
> > correct it even if I knew how. If I do ctrl-space in front of org.jdesktop. the only member
> > that appear is "layout" not the ones that should appear "beansbinding","swingbinding","el" or
> > "observablecollections".
> >
> > Is this a known issue? Does anybody knows how to correct it?
> >
>
> I use beans binding in modules all the time. You have to take the beans binding library, copy it
> some where under your main project directory so you'll have it later, and make a library wrapper
> for it. Then any modules needing it needs to depend on this module. Once the modules depend on it
> the errors will go away. Any library you run into with Matisse which needs a library or JAR etc
> you'll have to do this.
>
> Wade
>
>
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