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 ...

NetBeans converts the try -finally (no catch in this case) example provided in that tutorial to essentially the try-with-resources example shown in the same tutorial.

With NetBeans 7, developers will get the chance to test out the new version of Java, formally named the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) version 7.

The Netbeans 7 integrated development environment is now available to download, bringing with it support for the forthcoming Java SE Java Development Kit 7 and HTML 5 editing tools, Oracle said on ...