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New project > Samples > Java EE > * ... wizard does not allow the user to specify name of the project. The project name is fixed.
The problem is that Java EE projects are just unzipped and metadata (project.xml) are not modified, thus the name of the project cannot be changed. Module web.examples implements renaming of metadata and allows the user to specify project's name. The similar thing should be implemented for Java EE projects. Hint #1: Not only the main Java EE project's metadata file should be modified, but also metadata files of all sub-projects should be modified. Hint #2: Module web.examples and j2ee.samples should be merged, because they have the similar functionality and code. Hint #3: See module web.examples, class org.netbeans.modules.web.examples.WebSampleProjectGenerator for details about renaming of web project's metadata (or see Issue 166008 for partial fix)
This is an enhancement request.
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