A response on that thread refers to the NetBeans Java Hint Module Tutorial. Looking over that tutorial reminds me that the approach outlined in this post and available in NetBeans 7.1 is certainly ...

So here's my problem. I'm making a little java app in my spare time. I've done a moderate amount of java programming, but none of it professionally, and I'd still consider myself a newbie.I'm ...

NetBeans version 7.0 offers Java 7 and improved Swing integration ...