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<api-answers
  question-version="1.25"
  module="Navigator API"
  author="dsimonek@netbeans.org"
>

  &api-questions;


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 <answer id="arch-overall">
  <p>
   Navigator API is good for clients (module writers) that want to show some
   structure or outline of their document in dedicated window, allowing end user
   fast navigation and control over the document.</p>
   <p>
   API allows its clients to plug in their Swing based views easily, which 
   then will be automatically shown in specialized Navigator UI.</p>
   <p>
   Client's views are registered through declarative xml layers approach.</p>
   
   <api group="java" name="org.netbeans.spi.navigator.NavigatorPanel" category="stable" type="export" />
   
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  <p>
   Unit tests will be written ensuring that implementation loads, instantiates
   and calls client's SPI correctly. Usual manual testing will be performed as
   well. As whole API is rather small, it will be easily covered by unit tests
   as a whole. 
  </p>
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  <p>
    (June 8, 2005) Basic design and implementation are somehow written and
    compilable, but not tested so far.
    Estimated time for work left is three-four weeks of one-man work.
    Important milestone is merge into main trunk, which should happen in
    early August.
  </p>
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 <answer id="arch-usecases">
    
   <usecase id="basicUsage" name="Basic Usage Steps" >
      In order to plug in a view into Navigator UI for certain document (data) type,
      module writers need to complete following steps:

      <ul>
        <li><b>Write <a href="@TOP@/org/netbeans/spi/navigator/NavigatorPanel.html">NavigatorPanel</a>
         implementation</b></li>
        <li><b>Register implementation class in xml layer</b></li>
      </ul>

      <h4>Writing NavigatorPanel implementation</h4>
        <p>Implementing <a href="@TOP@/org/netbeans/spi/navigator/NavigatorPanel.html">NavigatorPanel</a>
         interface is easy, you can copy from template basic implementation 
        <a href="@TOP@/org/netbeans/spi/navigator/doc-files/BasicNavPanelImpl_java">BasicNavPanelImpl.java</a>.</p>
        
        Advices on important part of panel implementation:

        <ul>
            <li><b>Instantiation:</b> Your implementation of NavigatorPanel
            is instantied automatically by the system if you register it in a layer
            (described in next step). See detailed 
            <a href="@org-openide-util@/org/openide/util/doc-files/api.html#instances">Instantiation rules</a>
            to understand which kind of instantiation possibilities are on the plate.<p></p></li>

            <li><b>getComponent</b> method: Simply create and return your UI
            representation of your data in Swing's JComponent envelope. Just be sure
            that you don't create new JComponent subclass per every call, as
            performance will suffer then.<p></p></li>

            <li><b>panelActivated and panelDeactivated</b> methods wraps an 
            'active' life of your panel implementation. In panelActivated, grab
            your data from given <a href="@org-openide-util@/org/openide/util/Lookup.html">Lookup</a>,
            usually by looking up its asociated
            <a href="@org-openide-loaders@/org/openide/loaders/DataObject.html">DataObject</a>
            or 
            <a href="@org-openide-filesystems@/org/openide/filesystems/FileObject.html">FileObject</a>
            to take data from. Also remember to attach listeners to lookup result,
            perhaps also to data itself and trigger UI update with new data.
            Code will typically look like this:<br></br>
            <pre>
        /** JavaDataObject used as example, replace with your own data source */
        private static final Lookup.Template MY_DATA = new Lookup.Template(JavaDataObject.class);

        public void panelActivated (Lookup context) {
            // lookup context and listen to result to get notified about context changes
            curResult = context.lookup(MY_DATA);
            curResult.addLookupListener(/** your LookupListener impl here*/);
            Collection data = curResult.allInstances();
            // ... compute view from data and trigger repaint
        }
            </pre>
            Do *not* perform any long computation in panelActivated directly, see below.<br></br>
            In panelDeactivated, be sure to remove all listeners to context given
            to you in panelActivated.<p></p></li>

            <li><b>Long computation of content:</b> What if rendering your
            Navigator view takes long time, more than several milliseconds?
            Right approach is to create and run new task using
            <a href="@org-openide-util@/org/openide/util/RequestProcessor.html">RequestProcessor techniques</a>, 
            each time when panelActivated call arrived or your listeners on 
            data context got called.<br></br>
            While computing, UI of Navigator view
            should show some please wait message.<p></p></li>
        </ul>

      <h4>Registering NavigatorPanel impl in a layer</h4>
       <p>Declarative registration of your NavigatorPanel impl connects this
        implementation with specific content type, which is type of 
        the document, expressed in mime-type syntax, for example 'text/x-java'
        for java sources. Infrastructure will automatically load and show
        your NavigatorPanel impl in UI, when <b>currently activated Node
        is backed by primary FileObject whose 
        <a href="@org-openide-filesystems@/org/openide/filesystems/FileObject.html#getMIMEType()">FileObject.getMimeType()</a>
        equals to content type specified in your layer.</b></p>
        <p>  
        Writing layer registration itself is easy, you can again copy from template layer
         <a href="@TOP@/org/netbeans/spi/navigator/doc-files/basicNavLayer.xml">
        Basic Navigator Registration Layer</a>.</p>

        Additional important info:

        <ul>
            <li>System looks up for navigator providers only in
            <b>Navigator/Panels</b> folder, nowhere else.<p></p></li>

            <li>Content type is specified as cascade of subdirectories under
                Navigator/Panels directory. Mime-type syntax is recommended and
                handy for specifying content type.<br></br>
                It is not compulsory though, so if you need to make up a name
                for your content type, just go for it. (more below)<p></p></li>
 
        </ul>
        
   </usecase> 

   <usecase id="lookupHint" name="Advanced Content Registration - Linking to Node's Lookup" >
        <p>There may be situations where linking between your Navigator view and
        activated Node's primary FileObject is not enough or not possible at all.
        This simply happens when the data you want to represent in Navigator are
        not accessible through primary FileObject or DataObject. Usual example is
        Multiview environment, where more views of one document exists.</p>
         
        <p>The solution is to bind content of your Navigator view directly to your
        TopComponent. Then, whenever your TopComponent gets activated in the system, Navigator UI
        will show th content you connected to it.</p>
        
        <b>Steps to do:</b>
         
        <ul>
            <li>Choose your content type, could be either well known or arbitrary,
            say <b>'text/my-amazing-type'</b> and
            do all basic steps described in above use case.<p></p></li>
            
            <li>Implement <a href="@TOP@/org/netbeans/spi/navigator/NavigatorLookupHint.html">NavigatorLookupHint</a>
             interface like this:
             <pre>
        class AmazingTypeLookupHint implements NavigatorLookupHint {
            public String getContentType () {
                return "text/my-amazing-type";
            }
        }
             </pre>
             <p></p></li>
             
            <li>Alter your <a href="@org-openide-windows@/org/openide/windows/TopComponent.html">TopComponent</a>
             to contain your NavigatorLookupHint implementation (AmazingTypeLookupHint in this case)
            in its lookup, returned from 
            <a href="@org-openide-windows@/org/openide/windows/TopComponent.html#getLookup()">TopComponent.getLookup()</a>
             method.<p></p></li>
             
             <li>
             Another option you have is to alter lookup of your <code>Node</code> subclass 
             instead of directly altering lookup of your <code>TopComponent</code>.
             See <a href="@org-openide-nodes@/org/openide/nodes/Node.html#getLookup()">Node.getLookup()</a> method.
             Then Navigator will show your desired content whenever your <code>Node</code>
             subclass will be active in the system.<br></br>             
             However, keep in mind that this option is less preferred, because it
             only uses implementation detail knowledge that default implementation
             of <code>TopComponent.getLookup()</code> includes also results from 
             lookup of asociated <code>Node</code>. So this approach will stop
             working if you change default behaviour of <code>TopComponent.getLookup()</code> method.
             <p></p>
             </li>
             
        </ul>
   
           
   </usecase>
   
   
   
            
 </answer>



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 <answer id="arch-what">
   Navigator module is a base API module which provides:
   
   <ul>
    <li> A place for modules to show structure/outline of their documents</li>
    <li> Ability for modules to show their view only when special document(node)
     is active in the system</li>
    <li> UI for switching between multiple views available for currently active document(node)</li>
    <li> Coalescing of fast coming selected node changes to show content for</li>
    </ul>
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 <answer id="compat-i18n">
  <p>
   Yes, there is not much I18N.
  </p>
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 <answer id="compat-standards">
  <p>
    No new unusual standard, just layer-based xml registration and SPI
    interface NavigatorPanel that clients has to implement.
  </p>
 </answer>



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 <answer id="compat-version">
  <p>
   Yes it will. However this is open issue now - whether to store settings
   (like filter values) for Navigator API clients and how.
  </p>
 </answer>



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 <answer id="dep-jre">
  <p>
   1.4 or greater
  </p>
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 <answer id="dep-jrejdk">
  <p>
   JRE AFAIK
  </p>
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 <answer id="dep-nb">
  <p>
   Navigator module depends on:
    <api group="java" name="OpenAPIs" type="import" category="official">
     <p>
      For acces to winsys TopComponent, Nodes, lookup,
      general utilities like icon obtaining, bundles.
     </p>
    </api>

    <api group="java" name="Loaders" type="import" category="official">
     <p>
      API implementation has to access data objects for obtaining mime types.
     </p>
    </api>

  </p>
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  <p>
   None
  </p>
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  <p>
   No platform deps
  </p>
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  <p>
    Just regular dependency in project metadata to code base name: 
    <b>org.netbeans.api.navigator</b>
  </p>
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  <p>
    Just one regular jar.
  </p>
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  <p>
   Yes
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  <p>
   Yes.
  </p>
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  <p>
   Anywhere
  </p>
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  <p>
   No
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 <answer id="exec-component">
  <p>
   No.
  </p>
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 <answer id="exec-introspection">
  <p>
   Class.newInstance() RTTI is used to load registered view providers.
  </p>
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  <p>
   No.
  </p>
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  <p>
   No.
  </p>
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  <p>
   No
  </p>
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 <answer id="exec-reflection">
  <p>
   No, just instatiating registered providers.
  </p>
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 <answer id="exec-threading">
  <h3>Navigator and Threading</h3>
  <p>
  Navigator API itself doesn't define any specific threading model, it's 
  up to clients to handle threading. API just instructs clients which SPI
  methods should execute fast and tell them to use Request Processor for
  long runnign computation of Navigator view content.
  </p>
 
 </answer>



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   Nothing.
  </p>
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  <p>
   None.
  </p>
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  <p>
   None
  </p>
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 <answer id="lookup-lookup">
 <p>
    <api group="lookup" name="activated_node" type="export" category="devel">
     <p>
        Navigator listen to system activated node changes and sets activated
        node for Navigator top component accordingly. Local activated node is
        set from system activated node if any provider agrees to display content
        for data object behind the node. Navigator relies on default lookup
        mechanism of TopComponent to populate its activated node.
        Currently it means that if node backed by JavaDataObject is activated node
        in the system, it is also activated node for Navigator's top component.
        So main menu actions like Compile File, Move Class etc. work as usual
        when Navigator window is active.
        Also, lookup of currently selected Node is searched for NavigatorPanel
        SPI instances. 
     </p>
    </api>
 </p>    
 </answer>



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        <question id="lookup-register" when="final">
            Do you register anything into lookup for other code to find?
            <hint>
            Do you register using layer file or using <code>META-INF/services</code>?
            Who is supposed to find your component?
            </hint>
        </question>
-->
 <answer id="lookup-register">
  <p>
   No
  </p>
 </answer>



<!--
        <question id="lookup-remove" when="final">
            Do you remove entries of other modules from lookup?
            <hint>
            Why? Of course, that is possible, but it can be dangerous. Is the module
            your are masking resource from aware of what you are doing?
            </hint>
        </question>
-->
 <answer id="lookup-remove">
  <p>
   No
  </p>
 </answer>



<!--
        <question id="perf-exit" when="final">
            Does your module run any code on exit?
        </question>
-->
 <answer id="perf-exit">
  <p>
   No
  </p>
 </answer>



<!--
        <question id="perf-huge_dialogs" when="final">
            Does your module contain any dialogs or wizards with a large number of
            GUI controls such as combo boxes, lists, trees, or text areas?
        </question>
-->
 <answer id="perf-huge_dialogs">
  <p>
   No
  </p>
 </answer>



<!--
        <question id="perf-limit" when="init">
            Are there any hard-coded or practical limits in the number or size of
            elements your code can handle?
        </question>
-->
 <answer id="perf-limit">
  <p>
   No
  </p>
 </answer>



<!--
        <question id="perf-mem" when="final">
            How much memory does your component consume? Estimate
            with a relation to the number of windows, etc.
        </question>
-->
 <answer id="perf-mem">
  <p>
   Not much, just one lighweight envelope TopComponent. 
  </p>
 </answer>



<!--
        <question id="perf-menus" when="final">
            Does your module use dynamically updated context menus, or
            context-sensitive actions with complicated enablement logic?
        </question>
-->
 <answer id="perf-menus">
  <p>
   No
  </p>
 </answer>



<!--
        <question id="perf-progress" when="final">
            Does your module execute any long-running tasks?
            
            <hint>Long running tasks should never block 
            AWT thread as it badly hurts the UI
            <a href="http://performance.netbeans.org/responsiveness/issues.html">
            responsiveness</a>.
            Tasks like connecting over
            network, computing huge amount of data, compilation
            be done asynchronously (for example
            using <code>RequestProcessor</code>), definitively it should 
            not block AWT thread.
            </hint>
        </question>
-->
 <answer id="perf-progress">
  <p>
   No, but clients will face this.
  </p>
 </answer>



<!--
        <question id="perf-scale" when="init">
            Which external criteria influence the performance of your
            program (size of file in editor, number of files in menu, 
            in source directory, etc.) and how well your code scales?
            <hint>
            Please include some estimates, there are other more detailed 
            questions to answer in later phases of implementation. 
            </hint>
        </question>
-->
 <answer id="perf-scale">
  <p>
   Nothing, API itself is out of this, but client's performance is affected by a
   type of document behind selected node - so the size and complexness of java,
   xml documents will affect performance of related Navigator clients.
  </p>
 </answer>



<!--
        <question id="perf-spi" when="init">
            How the performance of the plugged in code will be enforced?
            <hint>
            If you allow foreign code to be plugged into your own module, how
            do you enforce that it will behave correctly and quickly and will not
            negatively influence the performance of your own module?
            </hint>
        </question>
-->
 <answer id="perf-spi">
  <p>
   Just javadoc recommandations.
  </p>
 </answer>



<!--
        <question id="perf-startup" when="final">
            Does your module run any code on startup?
        </question>
-->
 <answer id="perf-startup">
  <p>
   No
  </p>
 </answer>



<!--
        <question id="perf-wakeup" when="final">
            Does any piece of your code wake up periodically and do something
            even when the system is otherwise idle (no user interaction)?
        </question>
-->
 <answer id="perf-wakeup">
  <p>
   No
  </p>
 </answer>



<!--
        <question id="resources-file" when="final">
            Does your module use <code>java.io.File</code> directly?
            
            <hint>
            NetBeans provide a logical wrapper over plain files called 
            <code>org.openide.filesystems.FileObject</code> that
            provides uniform access to such resources and is the preferred
            way that should be used. But of course there can be situations when
            this is not suitable.
            </hint>
        </question>
-->
 <answer id="resources-file">
  <p>
   No
  </p>
 </answer>



<!--
        <question id="resources-layer" when="final">
            Does your module provide own layer? Does it create any files or
            folders in it? What it is trying to communicate by that and with which 
            components?
            
            <hint>
            NetBeans allows automatic and declarative installation of resources 
            by module layers. Module register files into appropriate places
            and other components use that information to perform their task
            (build menu, toolbar, window layout, list of templates, set of
            options, etc.). 
            </hint>
        </question>
-->
 <answer id="resources-layer">
  <p>
   Navigator registers an action to show the navigator window.
  </p>
 </answer>



<!--
        <question id="resources-mask" when="final">
            Does your module mask/hide/override any resources provided by other modules in
            their layers?
            
            <hint>
            If you mask a file provided by another module, you probably depend
            on that and do not want the other module to (for example) change
            the file's name. That module shall thus make that file available as an API
            of some stability category.
            </hint>
        </question>
-->
 <answer id="resources-mask">
  <p>
   No
  </p>
 </answer>



<!--
        <question id="resources-read" when="final">
            Does your module read any resources from layers? For what purpose?
            
            <hint>
            As this is some kind of intermodule dependency, it is a kind of API.
            Please describe it and classify according to 
            <a href="http://openide.netbeans.org/tutorial/api-design.html#categories">
            common stability categories</a>.
            </hint>
        </question>
-->
 <answer id="resources-read">
  <p>
   Yes Navigator module reads registered view providers from specific folder
   /navigator/panels.
   
  </p>
 </answer>



<!--
        <question id="security-grant" when="final">
            Does your code grant additional rights to some other code?
            <hint>Avoid using a class loader that adds extra
            permissions to loaded code unless really necessary.
            Also note that your API implementation
            can also expose unneeded permissions to enemy code by
            calling AccessController.doPrivileged().</hint>
        </question>
-->
 <answer id="security-grant">
  <p>
   No
  </p>
 </answer>



<!--
        <question id="security-policy" when="final">
            Does your functionality require modifications to the standard policy file?
            <hint>Your code might pass control to third-party code not
            coming from trusted domains. This could be code downloaded over the
            network or code coming from libraries that are not bundled
            with NetBeans. Which permissions need to be granted to which domains?</hint>
        </question>
-->
 <answer id="security-policy">
  <p>
   No
  </p>
 </answer>

 <!--
        <question id="exec-ant-tasks" when="impl">
            Do you define or register any ant tasks that other can use?
            
            <hint>
            If you provide an ant task that users can use, you need to be very
            careful about its syntax and behaviour, as it most likely forms an
	          API for end users and as there is a lot of end users, their reaction
            when such API gets broken can be pretty strong.
            </hint>
        </question>
-->
 <answer id="exec-ant-tasks">
  <p>
   No.
  </p>
 </answer>
 





<!--
        <question id="arch-where" when="init">
            Where one can find sources for your module?
            <hint>
                Please provide link to the CVS web client at
                http://www.netbeans.org/download/source_browse.html
                or just use tag defaultanswer generate='here'
            </hint>
        </question>
-->
 <answer id="arch-where">
  <defaultanswer generate='here' />
 </answer>

</api-answers>
