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Support the new "Compile on Save" feature in NetBeans Platform Modules.
I think this is what Milos Kleint (mkleint@netbeans.org) implemented for Maven-based projects (including Maven-based NetBeans Platform module suites) in 7.4, in which case this issue can be closed.
Does not work for apisupport.ant AFAIK. See: apisupport.ant/src/org/netbeans/modules/apisupport/project/ui/ModuleActions.java