albilu opened a new issue, #6871: URL: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/issues/6871
### Description quoted from a Netbeans dev : > friend APIs are APIs which are not stable and therefore not public. If you want to use them anyway, you have to pretend to be a friend and use them. Since they can change from release to release, you have to do provide a build for every release This do not make it easy for plugin developpers. It is the case with following APIs https://github.com/apache/netbeans/tree/master/ide/gototest https://github.com/apache/netbeans/tree/master/ide/gsf.codecoverage https://github.com/apache/netbeans/tree/master/ide/gsf.testrunner ### Use case/motivation As those 3 APIs are very important part of a Language support module they need to be made available to allow plugin developers to work with them more smoothly. It is now several years since those APIs are not public if i am not wrong. I worked with them recently and didn't noticed any instability or harm to the IDE. ### Related issues _No response_ ### Are you willing to submit a pull request? Yes -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
