Definitely try 11.3. And possibly nb-javac is disabled, though still installed.
Gj On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 3:39 PM Hans Grimmelshausen HG <far...@mail.de> wrote: > Hello Geertjan and other readers, > > Your observation makes sense, but the strange thing is that I did > uninstall nb-javac via NB's menu Tools->Plugins. So it's shown under > "Available Plugins". > Also I can successfully refactore-rename methods etc in my mid-sized > project, which hasn't been working with an installed nb-javac. Like Thomas > suggested, disabling nb-javac wasn't enough, it had to be un-installed. > > I even tried with a fresh NB profile, but the null pointer exceptions keep > up coming. > This is all very strange to me. Since indeed the nb-javac mention is in > the stacktrace. > Maybe I should try NB 11.3 ? > > Thanks. > > Greetings, > Hans > > > > Am 25.02.20 um 11:52 schrieb Geertjan Wielenga: > > Since this is in the stacktrace, nb-javac must still be present, i.e., has > not been uninstalled: > > at > org.netbeans.lib.nbjavac.services.NBAttr.visitClassDef(NBAttr.java:66) > > Gj > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 11:48 AM Neil C Smith <neilcsm...@apache.org> > wrote: > >> On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 at 10:35, Hans Grimmelshausen (HG) <far...@mail.de> >> wrote: >> > Geertjan wrote at >> > one point that the nb-javac plugin was mainly useful for JDK 8 projects. >> >> Mainly useful for running NetBeans itself on JDK 8 as far as I know. >> And for supporting versions of JDK above what the IDE is running on. >> >> Maybe it's time to take the plunge and stop supporting NetBeans on JDK >> 8 from 12.1?! >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Neil > > >
