[NETBEANS-1102] Improve searching for jigsaw modules

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 9.0
• Fix Version/s: Next
• Component/s: java - Project
• Labels: Jigsaw package

Environment

JDK 9 and later

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: John Kostaras
• Due: 02/Aug/18
• Created: 02/Aug/18 09:34
• Updated: 02/Aug/18 09:34

Description

When developing jigsaw modularised Java applications, it is not easy to search in the 90+ modules of the JDK for the class that the user wishes to use. Either while the user types an import in the java editor and then clicking on the error bulb or by right-clicking on Libraries in the Project Explorer, a dialog box could be displayed (similar to when adding a dependency in a NetBeans RCP module – see attachment) that displays the available jdk modules for the user to choose from. A search filter would filter this list to what the user types in it.