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the current settings spi will recognize and instantiate only files with .settings extension. i propose a definition of a new folder attribute "recognizeXML" which will instruct the convertors to process also .xml files in it.
Created attachment 74243 [details] proposed patch
if there are no major objections, i'd like to integrate this issue tomorrow (nov 28th) because issue #153835 depends on it
OK.
done e5d2ceb9f219
Integrated into 'main-golden', will be available in build *200811290201* on http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/nightly/ (upload may still be in progress) Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/main/rev/e5d2ceb9f219 User: S. Aubrecht <saubrecht@netbeans.org> Log: #154028 - allow settings Convertors to process also .xml files