# This patch file was generated by NetBeans IDE
# It uses platform neutral UTF-8 encoding and \n newlines.
--- Base (BASE)
+++ Locally Modified (Based On LOCAL)
@@ -45,12 +45,8 @@
 package org.netbeans.modules.project.ant;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.lang.ref.Reference;
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
@@ -168,7 +164,7 @@
     public @Override boolean isProject(FileObject dir) {
         File dirF = FileUtil.toFile(dir);
         if (dirF == null) {
-            return false;
+            return dir.getFileObject("nbproject/project.xml") != null;
         }
         // Just check whether project.xml exists. Do not attempt to parse it, 
etc.
         // Do not use FileObject.getFileObject since that may load other 
sister files.
@@ -177,21 +173,24 @@
     }
 
     public @Override Result isProject2(FileObject projectDirectory) {
+        boolean virtual = false;
         if (FileUtil.toFile(projectDirectory) == null) {
-            return null;
+            virtual = true;
         }
         FileObject projectFile = 
projectDirectory.getFileObject(PROJECT_XML_PATH);
         //#54488: Added check for virtual
         if (projectFile == null || !projectFile.isData() || 
projectFile.isVirtual()) {
             return null;
         }
+        if (!virtual) {
         File projectDiskFile = FileUtil.toFile(projectFile);
         //#63834: if projectFile exists and projectDiskFile does not, do 
nothing:
         if (projectDiskFile == null) {
             return null;
         }
+        }
         try {
-            Document projectXml = loadProjectXml(projectDiskFile);
+            Document projectXml = loadProjectXml(projectFile);
             if (projectXml != null) {
                 Element typeEl = 
XMLUtil.findElement(projectXml.getDocumentElement(), "type", PROJECT_NS); // 
NOI18N
                 if (typeEl != null) {
@@ -218,9 +217,10 @@
 
     
     public @Override Project loadProject(FileObject projectDirectory, 
ProjectState state) throws IOException {
+        boolean virtual = false;
         if (FileUtil.toFile(projectDirectory) == null) {
             LOG.log(Level.FINE, "no disk dir {0}", projectDirectory);
-            return null;
+            virtual = true;
         }
         FileObject projectFile = 
projectDirectory.getFileObject(PROJECT_XML_PATH);
         //#54488: Added check for virtual
@@ -229,12 +229,14 @@
             return null;
         }
         File projectDiskFile = FileUtil.toFile(projectFile);
+        if (!virtual) {
         //#63834: if projectFile exists and projectDiskFile does not, do 
nothing:
         if (projectDiskFile == null) {
             LOG.log(Level.FINE, "{0} not mappable to file", projectFile);
             return null;
         }
-        Document projectXml = loadProjectXml(projectDiskFile);
+        }
+        Document projectXml = loadProjectXml(projectFile);
         if (projectXml == null) {
             LOG.log(Level.FINE, "could not load {0}", projectDiskFile);
             return null;
@@ -320,17 +322,10 @@
             LOG.fine(b.toString());
         }
     }
-    private Document loadProjectXml(File projectDiskFile) throws IOException 
{
-        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-        InputStream is = new FileInputStream(projectDiskFile);
-        try {
-            FileUtil.copy(is, baos);
-        } finally {
-            is.close();
-        }
-        byte[] data = baos.toByteArray();
+    private Document loadProjectXml(FileObject projectDiskFile) throws 
IOException {
+        byte[] data = projectDiskFile.asBytes();
         InputSource src = new InputSource(new ByteArrayInputStream(data));
-        src.setSystemId(projectDiskFile.toURI().toString());
+        src.setSystemId(projectDiskFile.getURL().toString());
         try {
 //            Document projectXml = XMLUtil.parse(src, false, true, 
Util.defaultErrorHandler(), null);
             DocumentBuilderFactory factory = 
DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
@@ -353,14 +348,14 @@
             LOG.log(Level.FINE, "got namespace {0}", namespace);
             if (!PROJECT_NS.equals(namespace)) {
                 LOG.log(Level.FINE, "{0} had wrong root element namespace {1} 
when parsed from {2}",
-                        new Object[] {projectDiskFile, namespace, baos});
+                        new Object[] {projectDiskFile, namespace, data});
                 dumpFields(projectXml);
                 dumpFields(projectEl);
                 return null;
             }
             if (!"project".equals(projectEl.getLocalName())) { // NOI18N
                 LOG.log(Level.FINE, "{0} had wrong root element name {1} when 
parsed from {2}",
-                        new Object[] {projectDiskFile, 
projectEl.getLocalName(), baos});
+                        new Object[] {projectDiskFile, 
projectEl.getLocalName(), data});
                 return null;
             }
             // #142680: try to cache CRC-32s of project.xml files known to be 
valid, since validation can be slow.
@@ -395,7 +390,7 @@
                         // Try to correct on disk if possible.
                         // (If not, any changes from the IDE will write out a 
corrected file anyway.)
                         if (projectDiskFile.canWrite()) {
-                            OutputStream os = new 
FileOutputStream(projectDiskFile);
+                            OutputStream os = 
projectDiskFile.getOutputStream();
                             try {
                                 XMLUtil.write(projectXml, os, "UTF-8");
                             } finally {