"Resource-only" sub projects are not show correct with gradle

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Apache NetBeans version

Apache NetBeans 24

What happened

In a regular Java project, an additional node "Other Sources" is shown for anything below src/main/resources.

If a gradle sub-project only consists of such a "resource" directory, this is not visible in the projects window in NetBeans.

The use case for such a sub-project is e.g. to have a common place for resource files across multiple sub-projects in a bigger (main) project.

I am working within a team where all others are using IntelliJ and it works there, so changing the project structure to fix this, isn't an option.

Language / Project Type / NetBeans Component

Java project using Gradle

How to reproduce

Unzip the attached archive (gradle-resource-only.zip) into an empty directry, then open the project. NetBeans will show two sub-projeccts: "application" and "commons". The commons sub-project has another sub-project called "sample-data". If that is opened in NetBeans, only "Configurations" and "Build Scripts" will be shown below the project's node. I expected another node "Other Sources" where the resource files can directly be accessed from within the project window (same as with the "application" sub-project).

gradle-resource-only.zip

Did this work correctly in an earlier version?

No / Don't know

Operating System

Windows, Linux

JDK

JDK 17, JDK 21 (from Adoptium)

Apache NetBeans packaging

Apache NetBeans binary zip

Anything else

No response

Are you willing to submit a pull request?

No