The second release candidate for Apache NetBeans IDE 22 is now available for testing. The update includes fixes for Gradle, Java, Declarative Hint Editor support, Enterprise, UI, static code analyzer warnings, and HCL to prevent NPE on missing/invalid Java platforms, fix possible NPE-s in List.of() and asString().

apache/netbeans 22-rc2

What's Changed

Gradle

• Prevent NPE on Missing/Invalid Java Platform by  @lkishalmi in  #7341

Java

• Re-add org.netbeans.libs.nbjavac as recommends for java.source.base. by  @neilcsmith-net in  #7334
• Declarative hint editor support fixes and improvements by  @mbien in  #7333

Enterprise

• Import local schema to avoid DNS lookup in build by  @jgneff in  #7283

UI Changes

• fixed PropertyPanel fill background for flatlaf l&f by  @DJ-Raven in  #7332

Maintenance

• Fixed some static code analyzer warnings by  @mbien in  #7284

Other Changes

• HCL: fix possible NPE-s, in List.of() and asString() by  @lkishalmi in  #7286

New Contributors

• @DJ-Raven made their first contribution in  #7332

Full Changelog:  22-rc1...22-rc2

Release 22-rc2 · apache/netbeans