How to transfer Netbeans Project into Eclipse? - java

I have been using Netbeans for my java desktop application since few months. Now in the middle of the project, I want to switch over to Eclipse as the Netbeans once corrupted my GUI and I had to re-create several parts of the GUI and now it is displaying a compiler error as
code too large
private void initComponents() {
1 error
"code too large" is a strange error. My code which it is saying too large is just 10,000 lines long. I came to know first time that we couldn't develop long code in Netbeans :)
So instead of going into detail, I want to switch to Eclipse. I have never used it before. So could please tell me how to import my incompleted Netbeans project into eclipse.

I dont' know if there exists a plugin for that, but if you've used default Netbeans settings it's likely the GUI layout code and form files won't be compatible.
What I suggest you do is first refactor your existing code to eliminate Netbeans-specific features, as well as making it smaller, and working.
For GUI-stuff, you should create several classes and beans so that your main GUI file is much-much smaller. 10000 lines of GUI code is pretty much unmanageable.

I suppose your main concern is migrate the GUI builder stuff, not only your code. The latter would be no problem but I guess that the first one is difficult if not impossible. And furthermore, as far as I know there is no standard GUI builder application in eclipse.

This should be resolved by spitting things up like others have said.
I just got a similar error and NetBeans was struggling with the code so I just tried to compile it on the command line with javac and it yelled at me with this same error. So this is not an IDE issue but a Java compiler issue.
If you get this error you probably auto-generated most of your code.

the easiest thing to do would be to create a new project in eclipse and import the codebase from filesystem into the project. Eclipse has an option to import from filesystem.

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Run ImageJ scripts in IntelliJ

I am an average ImageJ user who learnt to write IJ.macro and Groovy by trial and error. I did this mainly using the plain a simple script editor within ImageJ. I recently came up with IntelliJ, an amazing IDE with auto-completion and debugger. With the help of google, I was able to include the ImageJ jars, and pluggings accessible as external libraries/modules so that I can use the mentioned functionalities [by adding the path in File>Project Structure>Libraries>"+">Java>... here I selected the folders with the Jars and plugins of ImageJ].
I am, therefore, optimistic that I could achieve the last step. Rather than writing the code in IntelliJ and run with the ImageJ script tool, I was wondering if it could be possible to run a script (say with Groovy or Jython) directly from IntelliJ. Somethin like calling ImageJ when I click run. Maybe changing the Java Run Environment, or using it as VM.
Before finishing, sorry if I am saying something really odd or non-sense. I am an average Joe learning by trying.
Kind regards,
You might want to have a look at this GitHub project:
https://github.com/haesleinhuepf/run_jython_scripts_from_ide
It explains the steps required to run a script from within the IDE by starting up and using ImageJ. The tutorial focuses on Jython, but is applicable to all supported scripting languages.
In general, questions about ImageJ usage and script development are best asked on the Image.sc forum instead of here on StackOverflow.
I've never used ImageJ, but I guess your question is independent of ImageJ :-)
I you use ImageJ from java, you will have a class with a main method. Just right-click on the class and then "run" on the menu which appeared.
After your program has finished, there is a "run"-icon in the upper left corner of the small window which appeared.
I guess that's already close to running a script.
Groovy would be a better starting point for scripting (since it is partly a scripting language). You can code Groovy with the IntelliJ community edition, but for full support you need the ultimate edition. So I guess the groovy console is only available in the ultimate edition...
All other options I am aware of will not give you the auto-completion and only a poor-man's debugger (println)
Hope that helps
I don't know if people still struggle with this, it is now 3.5 years later, but if you start a script with this:
//# ImagePlus myImp
import ij.ImagePlus
ImagePlus myImp = myImp
You can use both the autocomplete of IntelliJ and the SciJava script parameters. I keep the same script file open in both ImageJ and IntelliJ. After a change in IntelliJ, I go to the script editor to run it. It automatically detects something has changed and will ask to update.
This is a bit of a hassle, but I haven't found how to get IntelliJ to execute the script in a running instance of ImageJ.

Is it possible to use/open a GUI in Eclipse Che?

I'm recently working with Eclipse Che and have the task to import a Java Project that opens a GUI in it (like a simple Swing/SWT Calculator).
I am using the Java CentOS Stack, importing the .jar files, etc. is no problem but I get the "No X11 DISPLAY variable was set, but this program performed an operation which requires it." error.
Obviously, I found many threads about that Error, but I just wanted to ask if it is even possible to open a GUI in a web based IDE like Eclipse Che before wasting hours trying to fix that error when it's not even possible.
Maybe some of you already tried that and have a solution/tip or smth for me.
edit: found a video that answered my question. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjgSp0dkxxU
Thanks anyway.
This will help you out - https://eclipse-che.readme.io/docs/che-and-swing
You need to use the right stack
You need to set the display variable. The way I did this was modify the run command to set it just before the other commands.
The command I used is:
export DISPLAY=:0.0
Also note that this worked for a while for me but randomly stop working a few days back so please tell if you manage to get it working.

JavaFX program won't run though the code is correct?

So I've been following an oracle tutorial on JavaFX and I copied the code EXACTLY. I even went as far as to copy paste it from the text version into my IDE. I'm 100% sure that the code is correct.
The first one I followed was this video series.
The second tutorial I used to ensure that there were no errors in the code and the text version I copied.
In my frustration I decided to go from my desktop to my laptop to work, so I uploaded the faulty code to my online repository and lo and behold! It suddenly worked! Which indicates that I am right about there being no errors in the code. But as soon as I make any changes, it stops working again.
The error messages I receive indicates that it happens inside of the Application I'm extending in my Start.class where I have the main().
I'm using NetBeans as my IDE, and my project is a Maven project.
The answer seems to be that you need to clean the project when you perform changes to the FX parts. Clean before you run it and it will work fine, provided there actually isn't anything wrong with your code.

Strategies for debugging a runtime Java crash that runs correctly in NetBeans

Sorry in advance. This is a really vague question because I have no idea whatsoever what is going on. I have a Java Swing GUI desktop app that I wrote in NetBeans. While inside of NetBeans, the app works fine and passes all of the tests that I have thrown at it. I've been developing this app over the past several months, deploying it at various phases of its development.
Yesterday, I finished adding and testing some new functionality. I built the application and put it on another computer. I then went to run the program (outside of NetBeans) straight from the jar file. While in the new areas (JDialog boxes), the program crashes. Since I am not in an IDE, I have no feedback to see what is wrong.
The only thing that I can think of (and this is lame) is that I added some switch statements that switch on strings, which I know to new to 1.7. I was previously developing in 1.6. Otherwise, I can think of no reason that the program should work flawlessly inside the IDE, but crash outside of it.
Can anyone offer any suggestions for how I should approach this? I'm at a complete loss.
Thanks very much.
The next debugging step for you is reducing the size of your program until it doesn't crash, then seeing what change you made worked. That should either make the answer obvious or give you a good question to post on SO.
Your idea that it might have to do with switch statements tells you to try:
removing them
removing and compiling on JDK 6 and see if it works
Those are reasonable ways to reduce your program size to see if you can make it run.
I would start from collecting a crash dump data.
If you run the UI on windows you could use DrWatson
If you run the UI in Linux , By default the heap dump is created in a file called java_pidpid.hprof in the working directory of the VM. unless you specify the path yourself by adding this -XX:HeapDumpPath= option to your UI java options.

Can't Edit JFrame Form after NetBeansUpdate

Lately, I've been working on a project in NetBeans using the GUI editor that's built in. Before I noticed that it generated an XML ".form" file that didn't appear in the Project Explorer Pane which makes sense. Earlier I was working on the form in the "Design" tab when it notified me about 15 updates. I just updated without reading anything which was probably a bad idea but when I restarted the IDE, it showed my GUI ".class" file and ".form" file separately in the Project Explorer and I couldn't switch between "Source" and "Design". I also noticed that the generated code that was usually not editable was now editable.
P.S. I'm able to create a new frame just fine and the design editor still works with new frame
I have encounter the same problem and I have solved it.
The key in this problem, I think, is particular plugins for JFrame in Netbeans are not active after updating, so we only need to activate them. The easiest way to achieve this is create a new JFrame class, so in this progress, NetBeans can activate all relevant plugins for us. Finally, restart NetBeans, then everything would be fine.
Thank you very much for all of you that you give me some idea and clues in this situation:)
Work on a similar problem led me to this discussion concerning Guarded blocks inside form Java source file. I'm not sure it's related to your situation, but it may help you recover.
If you are trying to recover the lost state of the backing xml for the form I don't know what to tell you.
This has happened to me, but I tend to highly componentize the forms (break up the forms into little pieces), which makes this not such a big deal. Have you tried the NetBeans forums? You might get better luck there:
http://forums.netbeans.org/
Nevermind, simple solution.
I finally decided that, after plenty of tinkering, to restart the IDE which I should have though of first. The Java SE Plugin must have crashed or something, anyway it's fixed.
Thanks for the help!
Or just right click on the corresponding .form file and select open. The Design tab/editor reestablishes.

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