My own module and dependeny of netbeans module (friend issue)

[6PATyCb]

Hi! I try to make my own nb module for support proprietary task repository. As template I am using netbeans-github-issues-plugin. When I try to use visual component from public package of Team Commons module, I catch class not found exception when my module is running:

This module was added to my pom.xml:

On compile I catch warning:

Module has friend dependency on org.netbeans.modules.team.commons but is not listed as a friend.

And on runtime i catch this:

I can't figure out if I only use interfaces of dependent public nb modules - everything works fine, but after I try to add class dependency - everything crashes.

In Team Commons i found mark as friend configuration for netbeans-github-issues-plugin:

Is this a hack to solve a friend exception, or is there another legal way? Maybe there is a legal config for nbm-maven-plugin, but I couldn't google it?

[mbien]

As external plugin you won't be able to access those packages unless you are registered as friend in the team.commons module.

You can use the implementation dependency, but this would require to create a new build of your plugin every time there is a new NetBeans release.

[6PATyCb]

As soon as I asked a question, I myself was able to answer it. The rubber duck effect in action :)

You can use the implementation dependency, but this would require to create a new build of your plugin every time there is a new NetBeans release.

The idea became clear. It's better not to create unnecessary cohesion with the implementation of the netbeans itself, but if you still decide to do this, then I'll leave it here:

1. Find the module you are going to depend on:
   

2. Open it with zip and find manifest file:
   

3. Move information from manifest to your pom.xml:
   

4. Don't forget use right version of dependency in pom.xml: