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See bug #198731 comment #10 for background. A LayerGeneratingProcessor can already append attributes to a folder created by another processor. But currently it will entirely replace a file entry created by another processor, whereas in some circumstances it would be useful to merely append attributes to that file. Bug #196782 item #2 would be partly regressed, in the uncommon case that a processor formerly added some attributes (or url="..." content, etc.) which it later does not add. The potential fix mentioned in #3 would probably work.
core-main #113267a3a277
Integrated into 'main-golden' Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/main-golden/rev/113267a3a277 User: Jesse Glick <jglick@netbeans.org> Log: #199095: LayerBuilder.file should permit addition of attributes to an existing file