1 Working on the "langtools" workspace using NetBeans.

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     3 This directory (make/netbeans) contains NetBeans projects that

     4 allow you to work on the various tools using the NetBeans IDE.

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     6 NetBeans 5.0 or later is required and sufficient to use these 

     7 projects. This is different from other projects in OpenJDK, 

     8 which requires version 6.0 or later.

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    10 The following projects are provided:

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    12 compiler: for working on the compiler, javac

    13 javadoc:  for working on the documentation tool, javadoc

    14 doclets:  for working on the standard doclets used by the 

    15  	  documentation tool, javadoc

    16 javah:    for working on the C header tool, javah

    17 javap:    for working on the disassembler, javap

    18 apt:      for working on the annotation processing tool, apt.

    19           Note that this is just provided for completeness;

    20           the tool has been superceded by new features in javac,

    21           and work on apt itself is discouraged.

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    23 However, any tool can be worked on from any project; the only difference

    24 between these projects is the behavior of the standard NetBeans actions,

    25 so that "Build" in the compiler project will build the compiler, etc.

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