Was checking out this tutorial: http://platform.netbeans.org/tutorials/nbm-filetype.html
It shows how to create new file type wherein the module is loaded in IDE.
However if i create a independent netbeans platform application (not a plugin into the IDE), how do i make new file types?
Lets say, if i have a folder containing .xyz files. I am displaying the files (file names) in a BeanTreeView using Nodes API. What should the nodes in the tree associate with there lookup, the FileObject or the DataObject? How to make the application recognize my file nodes as file objects of specific type? Basically,can all the features shown in the tutorial work for a netbeans platform application?