Index: src/org/netbeans/modules/ant/freeform/FreeformFileEncodingQueryImpl.java
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RCS file: /cvs/ant/freeform/src/org/netbeans/modules/ant/freeform/FreeformFileEncodingQueryImpl.java,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -r1.3 FreeformFileEncodingQueryImpl.java
--- src/org/netbeans/modules/ant/freeform/FreeformFileEncodingQueryImpl.java	26 Sep 2007 21:14:51 -0000	1.3
+++ src/org/netbeans/modules/ant/freeform/FreeformFileEncodingQueryImpl.java	31 Oct 2007 12:05:19 -0000
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
     
     private AntProjectHelper helper;
     private Map<FileObject,String> encodingsCache = null; // source folder -> encoding
+    private Charset projectEncoding = null;
     
     public FreeformFileEncodingQueryImpl(AntProjectHelper aph) {
         helper = aph;
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@
     
     public Charset getEncoding(FileObject file) {
         synchronized (this) {
-            if (encodingsCache == null) {
+            if (encodingsCache == null || projectEncoding == null) {
                 encodingsCache = computeEncodingsCache();
             }
             for (Iterator<Entry<FileObject,String>> iter = encodingsCache.entrySet().iterator(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
@@ -88,13 +89,22 @@
                     }
                 }
             }
+            // #120508: return projectEncoding for any file under project folder
+            if (FileUtil.isParentOf(helper.getProjectDirectory(), file) && projectEncoding != null) {
+                return projectEncoding;
+            }
         }
-        // return null if no encoding for the file was found
+        // return null if no encoding for the file was found or the file wasn't under project dir
         return null;
     }
     
     private Map<FileObject,String> computeEncodingsCache() {
         Element data = Util.getPrimaryConfigurationData(helper);
+        Element encodingEl = Util.findElement(data, "encoding", Util.NAMESPACE); // NOI18N
+        if (encodingEl != null) {
+            String encodingName = Util.findText(encodingEl);
+            projectEncoding = (encodingName != null) ? Charset.forName(encodingName) : null;
+        }
         Element foldersEl = Util.findElement(data, "folders", Util.NAMESPACE); // NOI18N
         if (foldersEl == null) {
             return Collections.<FileObject,String>emptyMap();
@@ -128,6 +138,7 @@
         // invalidate cache
         synchronized (this) {
             encodingsCache = null;
+            projectEncoding = null;
         }
     }
     
Index: src/org/netbeans/modules/ant/freeform/resources/freeform-project-general-2.xsd
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RCS file: /cvs/ant/freeform/src/org/netbeans/modules/ant/freeform/resources/freeform-project-general-2.xsd,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.6 freeform-project-general-2.xsd
--- src/org/netbeans/modules/ant/freeform/resources/freeform-project-general-2.xsd	12 Oct 2007 07:27:18 -0000	1.6
+++ src/org/netbeans/modules/ant/freeform/resources/freeform-project-general-2.xsd	31 Oct 2007 16:03:58 -0000
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
                 <xsd:element name="name" type="xsd:token"/>
                 <!-- Declaration of properties. -->
                 <xsd:element name="properties" minOccurs="0" type="properties"/>
+                <!-- Project encoding value -->
+                <xsd:element name="encoding" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="substitutable-text"/>
                 <!-- List of sources. Default: just project directory. -->
                 <xsd:element name="folders" minOccurs="0" type="folders"/>
                 <!-- List of actions to run. -->