How does NetBeans compile GUI-designer class files using Gradle?

[Thorsten Schöning <ts...@am-soft.de>]

Hi everyone,

I would like to switch historically grown projects in NetBeans own
directory layout with its own settings files to Gradle using the
common distinction of Java source files vs. resources of other kinds.
Currently I have a mixup of Java files, assoicted *.form files for the
UI designer and even images.

In the long term I would like to be able to implement a test and
deployment pipeline and am having trouble to understand how and when
exactly NetBeans compiles the GUI classes. For example, I've created
the initial Gradle build for the test project of interest in Eclipse,
which doesn't know anything about NetBeans GUI designer. Nevertheless,
the results seem to be pretty similar regarding aspect like inner
classes and stuff.

Is the key understanding simply that NetBeans generates the Java files
already for each and every change in the GUI-designer? So nothing
special would be required by Gradle anyway?

If so, what about additional resources like images references in the
XML file? One of my files contain the following:

> <Property name="icon" type="javax.swing.Icon" editor="org.netbeans.modules.form.editors2.IconEditor">
>   <Image iconType="3" name="/virtualkeyboard/images/space.gif"/>
> </Property>

And the generated code maintained by NEtBeans contains the following:

> jBBackspace.setIcon(new javax.swing.ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/virtualkeyboard/images/backspace.gif"))); // NOI18N

So, as long as the images are available in the classpath, the build
will simply work on whatever system because of the generated code
above? No special handling for NetBeans at all?

I had the fear that I need to setup NetBeans somewhere in order to
fully build automatically. Thanks for your insights!

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Thorsten Schöning

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