http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Help-with-Netbeans-and-plugins-tp3697701p3697702.html
source = "1.5" and target = "1.5" sure enough my old code works. The
box labeled "Source Level" which I have set to JDK 1.5. Apparently this
is not the same option. Since I only have to make minor changes to get
my plugins to work I will stick with source = "1.4 and target = "1.4".
> Netbeans also uses javac but I suspect it is using the -source 1.4
> argument, which disables auto-boxing/unboxing (automatic conversion
> between primitive types and argument. This argument is set in ImageJ's
> build.xml file, which NetBeans is probably using.
>
> -wayne
>
>
>
> On Dec 23, 2007, at 5:25 PM, "Todd V. Rovito" <
[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
>> Ok I got it to work. It appears NetBeans is more picky about things
>> than just javac. After looking at String.format closer it actually
>> expects objects not primitive types. Thanks for the responses.
>>
>>
>> Rasband Wayne wrote:
>>> Todd,
>>>
>>> There is another NetBeans/ImageJ tutorial at
>>>
>>>
>>>
http://www.mbl.edu/research/labs/adlc/CamAcqJ/NetBeansforIJDevelopment.html
>>>
>>>
>>> that you might want to take a look at.
>>>
>>> -wayne
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 23, 2007, at 9:36 AM, Todd V. Rovito wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello fellow ImageJers,
>>>> I have been using ImageJ and writing plugins for ~ 8 months now.
>>>> Things have been going great! I currently use a bare development
>>>> environment with just the Sun JDK version on RedHat Enterprise
>>>> Linux version 5.0. Essentially I am using the Linux install of
>>>> ImageJ version 1.37 and only compiling my plugins. While this has
>>>> worked for me I would like to graduate to the Netbeans environment.
>>>> Netbeans IDE would work better for other people on the project.
>>>>
>>>> Let me review my old development environment (don't laugh).
>>>> If I compile my plugins by hand using the following command (which
>>>> I placed in a makefile) everything works fine:
>>>>
>>>> /opt/jdk1.5.0_14/bin/javac -cp
>>>> /usr/local/ImageJ/ij.jar:/opt/jdk1.5.0_14/lib/tools.jar,/home/rovitotv/AngelFireRoot/AngelFire/Utilities/ImageJPlugins
>>>> RAW_Side_By_Side_Reader_NightStare.java
>>>>
>>>> I get a class file with no warnings or errors on the compile. I
>>>> then copy the class file to my ImageJ plugin directory and run
>>>> ImageJ. The plugin functions perfectly within ImageJ, I get the
>>>> expected result!
>>>>
>>>> Let me review the new Netbeans development setup. I followed the
>>>> directions posted here:
>>>>
http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/developer/NBTutorial.html>>>>
>>>> I have installed Netbeans 6.0 since it is the latest with JDK
>>>> 1.5.0_14. So I follow the instructions and everything seems to work
>>>> when I get past the step "Building ImageJ with NetBeans" I have a
>>>> ij.jar in the ~/NetBeansProject/ij138x folder. If I do a clean and
>>>> build of the imageJ project I get the following in the output:
>>>> clean:
>>>> clean:
>>>> Deleting directory /home/rovitotv/NetBeansProjects/ij138x/build
>>>> Deleting: /home/rovitotv/NetBeansProjects/ij138x/ij.jar
>>>> build:
>>>> compile:
>>>> Created dir: /home/rovitotv/NetBeansProjects/ij138x/build
>>>> Compiling 241 source files to
>>>> /home/rovitotv/NetBeansProjects/ij138x/build
>>>> /home/rovitotv/NetBeansProjects/ij138x/ij/plugin/ScaleBar.java:81:
>>>> warning: unmappable character for encoding UTF8
>>>> units = "?m";
>>>> /home/rovitotv/NetBeansProjects/ij138x/ij/plugin/ScaleBar.java:161:
>>>> warning: unmappable character for encoding UTF8
>>>> units = "?m";
>>>> Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
>>>> Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
>>>> 2 warnings
>>>> build:
>>>> Copying 1 file to /home/rovitotv/NetBeansProjects/ij138x/build
>>>> Copying 1 file to /home/rovitotv/NetBeansProjects/ij138x/build
>>>> Copying 1 file to /home/rovitotv/NetBeansProjects/ij138x/build
>>>> Copying 1 file to /home/rovitotv/NetBeansProjects/ij138x/build
>>>> Copying 11 files to
>>>> /home/rovitotv/NetBeansProjects/ij138x/build/macros
>>>> Building jar: /home/rovitotv/NetBeansProjects/ij138x/ij.jar
>>>> BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 8 seconds)
>>>>
>>>> Two warnings but at this point I am not too worried. Without adding
>>>> any plugins if I select "Run Main Project" ImageJ runs and the
>>>> "About ImageJ" dialog box shows ImageJ 1.38x with Java 1.5.0_14.
>>>> ImageJ reads files and allows me to make histograms. I can do the
>>>> exact same thing with the "Debug Main Project" option in Netbeans.
>>>> At this point I am a happy!
>>>>
>>>> Now onto the plugins instructions are under "Compiling and
>>>> Debugging Plugins". I copy a plugin that builds and runs with my
>>>> initial development method as described above into
>>>> ~/NetBeansProjects/ij138x/plugins. If I click on plugins and then
>>>> <default package> in the Netbeans project view the plugin java file
>>>> appears. I execute step 5 "Go to Build>Compile "(The name of your
>>>> plugin)" everything seems to compile fine. The output of "ImageJ
>>>> (compile-selected-files-in-plugins) looks like this:
>>>>
>>>> compile-selected-files-in-plugins:
>>>> compile-selected-files-in-plugins:
>>>> BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 0 seconds)
>>>>
>>>> I then have a class file called
>>>> RAW_Side_By_Side_Reader_NightStare.class. Again if I take the class
>>>> file that Netbeans built and I place it into my running
>>>> installation of ImageJ in /usr/local/ImageJ/plugins/AngelFire sure
>>>> enough it runs perfectly!
>>>>
>>>> Here is my problem when I get to step 16:
>>>> "Go to Run>Debug Main Project (ImageJ will run. The plugin you
>>>> created will be in the plugins menu)"
>>>>
>>>> I get the following output in ImageJ(debug-nb):
>>>> debug-nb:
>>>> Duplicated project name in import. Project ImageJ defined first in
>>>> /home/rovitotv/NetBeansProjects/ij138x/nbproject/nbjdk.xml and
>>>> again in /home/rovitotv/NetBeansProjects/ij138x/build.xml
>>>> compile:
>>>> Compiling 1 source file to
>>>> /home/rovitotv/NetBeansProjects/ij138x/build
>>>> /home/rovitotv/NetBeansProjects/ij138x/plugins/RAW_Side_By_Side_Reader_NightStare.java:82:
>>>> cannot find symbol
>>>> symbol : method format(java.lang.String,int,int)
>>>> location: class java.lang.String
>>>> filename = String.format("%1$06d-%2$06d.pos", 0, FrameNum);
>>>> /home/rovitotv/NetBeansProjects/ij138x/plugins/RAW_Side_By_Side_Reader_NightStare.java:125:
>>>> cannot find symbol
>>>> symbol : method format(java.lang.String,int,int)
>>>> location: class java.lang.String
>>>> filename = String.format("%1$06d-%2$06d.raw", 0, FrameNum);
>>>> /home/rovitotv/NetBeansProjects/ij138x/plugins/RAW_Side_By_Side_Reader_NightStare.java:135:
>>>> cannot find symbol
>>>> symbol : method format(java.lang.String,int,int)
>>>> location: class java.lang.String
>>>> filename = String.format("%1$06d-%2$06d.raw", CamNum, FrameNum);
>>>> 3 errors
>>>> /home/rovitotv/NetBeansProjects/ij138x/nbproject/nbjdk.xml:23: The
>>>> following error occurred while executing this line:
>>>> /home/rovitotv/NetBeansProjects/ij138x/build.xml:9: Compile failed;
>>>> see the compiler error output for details.
>>>> BUILD FAILED (total time: 0 seconds)
>>>>
>>>> At this point I am stuck! I don't understand why this code does not
>>>> build when it builds perfectly calling javac by hand. This must be
>>>> a problem with my Netbeans configuration. Can anybody help? Thanks.
>>>
>>>
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