NetBeans Integration
yWorks Ant Explorer is available as a plugin for the popular Java IDE NetBeans. It supports both the visualization and execution of Ant build scripts.
Installation
Simply download the NBM file and install it by double-clicking it from within NetBeans.
Usage
yWorks Ant Explorer can be activated by using the "Visualize" item from an Ant build script's popup menu.
The visualization view comprises two parts; the first component holds the graph that displays the dependencies between targets, whilst the second component displays the properties. Edges between properties denote that they are being used in other properties.
Further information for each view can be found in our documentation.
Restrictions
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Build processes are executed inside the same JVM that runs NetBeans.
This can lead to side effects (e.g. with open file handles, etc.).
For problematic build scripts, we recommend that the yWorks Ant Explorer stand-alone version should be used instead.
