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NB 4.1 supports deployment of J2EE module that have been developed in NB 4.1... It should be possible to use NB 4.1 to deploy module archives that have been developed outside NetBeans. Possible implementation strategies: a data loader? A special project type that uses the data from a jar file instead of files in the src/java and src/conf directories
make sure this is visible to promo F/G planning team
This old bug may not be relevant anymore. If you can still reproduce it in 8.2 development builds please reopen this issue. Thanks for your cooperation, NetBeans IDE 8.2 Release Boss