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There should be a way for users to manually manipulate (basic) Netbeans file attributes. For example, when I mount a directory containing a JAR file, its file attribute remains unknown (I don't know why it isn't being picked up as a JAR file, but that's beside the point). At this point and time I should be able to right-click on the JAR file, properties -> expert -> file type = JAR Package
I'm not exactly clear what it is you're asking for. "File attribute"? And what do you mean by "File Type"? NB does not currently recognize *.jar files as anything special, only if accompanied by *.jarContents files, this is an outstanding feature request for JAR Packager module, nothing to do with file attributes that I know of. Marking INVALID unless a clearer explanation is presented.
Well, the specific thing I was refering to was being able to take any *.jar file and change its attribute such that it is recognized as being a JAR file (without a *.jarContents file). But the generic idea I was going for was being able to manipulate the file-type (as recognized by Netbeans) for files under Explorer. One example of this is TOOLS -> Mark as RMI.. We should be able to apply this sort of functionality with other types/attributes of files (including JAR).
Target milestone -> 3.3.1.
Target milestone -> 3.4
*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 16467 ***
Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> verified.
Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> closing.