Overview

# Index of APIs

- Settings SPI

# Incompatible changes by date

Fuller descriptions of all changes can be found below (follow links).

Not all deprecations are listed here, assuming that the deprecated APIs continue to essentially work. For a full deprecation list, please consult the Javadoc.

# All changes by date

- (Sep 3 '02) Provide context to convertors
- (Aug 22 '02) Added DOMConvertor supporting composed content

# Changes by version

These API specification versions may be used to indicate that a module requires a certain API feature in order to function. For example, if you see here a feature you need which is labelled `1.20`, your manifest should contain in its main attributes the line:

    OpenIDE-Module-Module-Dependencies: org.netbeans.modules.settings/1 > 1.20

- (1.2) Provide context to convertors
- (1.1) Added DOMConvertor supporting composed content

# Changes by affected class

## `org.netbeans.spi.settings.Convertor`

- (Sep 3 '02) Provide context to convertors

## `org.netbeans.spi.settings.DOMConvertor`

- (Sep 3 '02) Provide context to convertors
- (Aug 22 '02) Added DOMConvertor supporting composed content

# Details of all changes by API and date

## Settings SPI

### Provide context to convertors

Sep 3 '02; API spec. version: 1.2; affected top-level classes: `Convertor` `DOMConvertor`; made by: jpokorsky; issues: #26076
Get a context associated with the reader. It can contain various info like a file location of the read object etc.

### Added DOMConvertor supporting composed content

Aug 22 '02; API spec. version: 1.1; affected top-level classes: `DOMConvertor`; made by: jpokorsky; issues: #26284
Allow to reuse already written convertors by newly created ones to facilitate a storing of complex objects.

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