All of Geertjan's articles are about the module author manually invoking the ScriptEngine.
What I want is all of that to be included in the NetBeans Module System. So you could have pure Javascript modules with no Java at all. Note that the Javascript code will still be invoked by Nashorn in the Java runtime and will have to talk to Java APIs. So, this is not about replacing Swing with another Javascript UI. Although that would be an interesting feat! We could mix Swing with a browser two ways: either we embed the browser into the Swing tree (via the JavaFX WebView or something better) or we embed Swing into the browser (via an applet or something like http://webswing.org/ ). Anyhow, there are a lot of plugins that don't need an UI or that could call Swing from Javascript. And, of course, one could imagine hybrid modules, where you have Java code (perhaps in a wrapped library initially) and Javascript code intermixed. --emi On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 4:21 PM, Christian Lenz <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds great, Geertjan wrote articles, how to create plugins with JS. > > JavaScript in JavaFX (Has nothing todo with NetBeans yet): > https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/javafx_in_javascript > Combining Nashorn Scripting with JavaFX (Has nothing todo with NetBeans > yet): https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/combining_ > nashorn_scripting_with_javafx > Extending NetBeans with Nashorn (Yes possible): https://blogs.oracle.com/ > geertjan/entry/extending_netbeans_with_nashorn > > so with the last article it is possible to extend NetBeans with JS, I > tried a bit but I really need to have a view with XML or HTML, because it > is a mess and a pain in the ass to write new Button, new Label, new > Everything, inside a JS file. So it has to be possible to create View files > like MyWindow.xml or MyWindow.html and a js file behind like MyWindow.js > and for sure .css too. > > If this is possible, that would be great. This would be the same as with > Electron (http://electron.atom.io) or NativeScript ( > https://www.nativescript.org/) > But we need more info for this. > > > Cheers > > Chris > > > > Gesendet: Montag, 19. Dezember 2016 um 14:47 Uhr > Von: "Emilian Bold" <[email protected]> > An: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Betreff: Scriptable NetBeans Modules > Hello, > > I think it would be useful to provide a bridge for NetBeans modules done > with scripting languages. > > Javascript is the prime candindate since we have Nashorn at JRE level, but > I assume once the hooks are in place more languages will be supported. > > The way I expect it to work is to use JAR files but in the MANIFEST add > > OpenIDE-Module-ScriptEngine: nashorn > > then all class references will be interpreted through the script engine. > > So, I could have > > OpenIDE-Module-Install: ro/emilianbold/js/install.js > > Then in META-INF/services/name.of.Class I could add > > ro/emilianbold/js/myservice.js > > For layer .instance file we could have another attribute like > > <file name="x.instance"> > <attr name="instanceScript" > stringvalue="ro/emilianbold/js/serviceimpl.js"/> > </file> > > or maybe register the extension and treat .EXT.instance as a script: > > OpenIDE-Module-ScriptExtension: js > <file name="ro-emilianbold-js-serviceimpl.js.instance" /> > > Were there some prior attempts towards something like this? > > Does anybody want to help me spec this out and write some prototype? > > One area that will be sub-optimal is lazy-loading: I believe the module > system used reflection to instantiate lazily services. This will not work > for scripts as they will have to be loaded and executed. Still, I believe > this will be manageable. > > PS: Also CCing [email protected] > > --emi >
