1 The *.ent files in this directory provide common functionality to the

     2 project.xml file of various projects.  There are different kinds,

     3 e.g. "-sources" from share-sources.ent

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     5 * -sources: Defines sources used by a project.

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     7 * -view: Defines project's sources that are displayed in the Projects tab.

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     9 * -actions: Defines a set of actions of the project available from NetBeans.

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    11 * -bindings: Defines the targets invoked by the corresponding actions.

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    13 Note that -sources and -view files come in pairs: A project will have an

    14 entity reference for each, so that it uses and displays the sources.

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    16 Similarly, -actions and -bindings are paired.

    17 

    18 These kinds are not paired:

    19 

    20 build-folder.ent: Defines the location of the folder where compiled classes,

    21 resources, etc. are placed.

    22 

    23 java-data-native.ent, java-data-no-native.ent: These define information about

    24 the location of classes and sources of native and non-native projects, where

    25 "native" is suggestive of "native code", that is, non-Java source code.