B Developing Embedded Applications in NetBeans IDE

Oracle Java SE Embedded Support in NetBeans IDE

NetBeans IDE offers support for Oracle Java SE Embedded in the following ways.

• You can set compact profiles so that the IDE will display violations in the source code. See http://wiki.netbeans.org/CompactProfiles

• You can run and debug your application on either the host or target within the IDE. See http://wiki.netbeans.org/JavaSEEmbeddedHowTo

• If you need to create a custom JRE for your own device, you can use the jrecreate support in NetBeans. See http://wiki.netbeans.org/JavaSEEmbeddedHowTo#Creating_.26_Uploading_new_Embedded_JRE

• As with all Java applications, you have instant access to Java SE API documentation, which includes information about compact profiles.

Related Links 

• NetBeans IDE website: http://netbeans.org/

• JDK8 Support in NetBeans: http://wiki.netbeans.org/JDK8

• Ten-minute Hello World tutorial: http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/java/quickstart.html

Remote Debugging

You can remotely debug an application with NetBeans IDE, provided that the target's JRE was created with the --debug option and the client or server JVM. Examine the target JRE's bom file to see the JRE's configuration. For information about the --debug option of jrecreate and the bom file, see jrecreate Options.

Start the application in debug mode on the target (see Launch the Application with the java Launcher Tool for an example). With the application waiting for a remote connection, in the NetBeans IDE on your host, choose Debug and then Attach Debugger. Fill in the Attach Debugger dialog fields similar to those in Figure B-1, substituting the target's IP address and the port you specified when you launched the application.