Index: src/org/netbeans/core/projects/cache/BinaryFS.java
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RCS file: /cvs/core/src/org/netbeans/core/projects/cache/BinaryFS.java,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.2 BinaryFS.java
--- src/org/netbeans/core/projects/cache/BinaryFS.java	6 Dec 2002 00:07:47 -0000	1.2
+++ src/org/netbeans/core/projects/cache/BinaryFS.java	6 Dec 2002 12:04:31 -0000
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 package org.netbeans.core.projects.cache;
 
 import java.io.*;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.*;
@@ -377,7 +378,24 @@
         public Object getAttribute(String attrName) {
             initialize();
             AttrImpl attr = (AttrImpl)attrs.get(attrName);
-            return attr == null ? null : attr.getValue(this, attrName);
+            if (attr != null) {
+                FileObject topFO = null;
+                try {
+                    Class mfoClass = Class.forName("org.openide.filesystems.MultiFileObject"); //NOI18N
+                    Field field = mfoClass.getDeclaredField("attrAskedFileObject"); //NOI18N
+                    field.setAccessible(true);
+    
+                    ThreadLocal attrAskedFileObject = (ThreadLocal) field.get(null);
+                    topFO = (FileObject) attrAskedFileObject.get();
+                    attrAskedFileObject.set(null);
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    ErrorManager.getDefault().notify(e);
+                }
+
+                return attr.getValue(topFO == null ? this : topFO, attrName);
+            } else {
+                return null;
+            }
         }
         
         /** Get all file attribute names for this file. */