Confluence developer FAQ

This is a constantly updated FAQ listing questions and answers asked by people developing Confluence plugins and working with the Confluence code base in general. For general questions, check Confluence FAQ.

Questions

• How can I find out about upcoming changes in Confluence?
• How do I test my app with the upgraded TinyMCE 4 editor?
• How do I make my app compatible with read-only mode?
• How do I make my app compatible with the Confluence Server mobile app?
• How do I ensure my app works properly in a cluster?
• How do I get the base URL and ContextPath of a Confluence installation?
• How do I get my macro output exported to HTML and PDF?
• How do I get hold of the HttpServletRequest?
• How do I get a reference to a component?
• How do I load a resource from a plugin?
• What is the best way to load a class or resource from a plugin?
• How do I autowire a component?
• How do I display the Confluence System Classpath?
• How Do I find enabled and disabled plugins in the Database?
• How does RENDERMODE work?
• REV400 - How do I link to a comment?
• Starting a Confluence cluster on a single machine
• Confluence Data Center Plugin Validator
• Troubleshooting Macros in the Page Gadget
• How do I get hold of the GET-Parameters within a Macro?
• How to switch to non-minified Javascript for debugging
• How do I get the information about Confluence such as version number, build number, build date?
• How do I tell if a user has permission to…?
• How do I get the location of the confluence.home directory?
• How do I associate my own properties with a ContentEntityObject?
• How do I find the logged in user?
• How can I determine the context my macro is being rendered in?
• How do I develop against Confluence with Secure Administrator Sessions?
• Enabling Developer Mode
• What’s the easiest way to render a velocity template from Java code?
• What is Bandana? One form of Confluence Persistence
• How do I check which Jar file a class file belong to?
• How do I make my attachments open in a new window or a tab?
• How do I cache data in a plugin?
• How do I prevent my rendered wiki text from being surrounded by paragraph tags?
• I am trying to compile a plugin, but get an error about the target release
• How do I find Confluence Test Suite?
• Encrypting error messages in Sybase
• What class should my XWork action plugin extend?
• What class should my macro extend?
• How do I configure my Rich Text macro to receive unformatted input?
• Within a Confluence macro, how do I retrieve the current ContentEntityObject?
• How do I convert wiki text to HTML?
• HTTP Response Code Definitions
• Disable Velocity Caching

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