About Generating Skeleton API Implementations

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To simplify the process of working with the NetBeans APIs, the NetBeans IDE provides several wizards that guide you through the initial phase of working with a NetBeans API. For example, the New Action wizard provides the basis of an implementation of the NetBeans Actions API, the New File Type wizard provides the basis of an implementation of the NetBeans Datasystems API, and so on.

The NetBeans API wizards are as follows:

For details, see About Project Templates.

The standard distribution of the IDE contains the following module file templates:

Related NetBeans API Javadoc

The NetBeans API wizards create the starting point for your development activities. Once you have worked through a wizard, you build your module's functionality on top of the files that the wizard creates for you.

The following table lists the Javadoc that you will need to refer to when building on top of the skeleton API implementations:

File Template Related NetBeans Javadoc
Action

File Type

Module Installer

Options Panel

Project Template

Window

Wizard

See Also
Creating a Java SE Library Descriptor
Creating an Action
Creating a File Type
Creating a Project Template
Creating a Window
Creating a Wizard
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