I have an Eclipse project with some 50 different config files that currently reside directly under the src folder. I want to put them all in one folder, for example src/config so it's less cluttered.
But Eclipse doesn't seem to like it. Following advice from around here, I tried configuring the Build Path to include this folder, and the Run Configurations as well, but no luck.
What to do? Leave them all in the src folder?
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Environment: C++ makefile project, with sources on a (slow, shared) network drive. The sources are version controlled and I don't want to add any Eclipse files in the source tree.
Problem: I want to create a local workspace which doesn't write anything to the network drive, and I can't find a way to do this. I've tried half a dozen different things, including explicitly setting the build directory, linking to the top-level src directory, adding a src directory, explicitly setting the make command, changing the default file location, and so on, but I haven't found anything that works. Any ideas?
So for my class I need to use eclipse to do some graphics stuff in Java. I've tried both Eclipse standard 4.4 and Eclipse for Java developers, but with both when I tried to create a new Java project, the src folder is completely empty. Why is that?
Edit: I should add in more information. In the lab section of my class I was able to follow the instructions and create a lab 1 project src folder, which contains many files such as Lab1.java, Polygon1.java and all that. When I am trying to do it on my own machine, it's not working
Because it's a blank canvas!!
Right click on the src file New->Class
Give the new class a name and a package and you're away, you can start coding.
If you want to include libraries create a new lib folder at the same level as the src folder and copy any jar folders into this folder. Right click on the .jar files and click Bukd Path->Add to Build path, you'll now be able to import and classes contained in this jar file(s)!!!
Because you created a new project. If you haven't added any code yet, why would there be code in the src folder?
I hope it's OK to ask this here. Netbeans forums isn't responding. If not, I'll delete this or ask for it to be deleted. I'm desperate so I'll face the wrath, if any.
I moved my Netbeans projects folder from one directory node to another to make backing up all my stuff easier. BAD MOVE.
Now when I open a project using Files | Open project (ctrl-shift-O) NO source files appear because there is no "+Source Packages" node to expand.
It looks like this for all projects, e.g. one named GBL:
Projects
-GBL
+Libraries
It doesn't look like this anymore:
Projects
-GBL
+Source Packages (How do I get this back?)
+Libraries
The Netbeans Properties for each project shows me the path it's using. Windows 7 Explorer shows me that the src, build, and nbproject folders contain files and ALL the source files are in the src folder for that path.
What have I done and more importantly what should I do to get back to being able to open a project normally?
(I've tried recreating the original Netbeans folder and using Windows Explorer to copy an entire project folder into it but: same result--all I see is the Libraries node under the project's name node.)
I just tried to Clean (and also Build) to see what would happen. Error:
ant -f C:\\Users\\Dov\\Documents\\NetBeansProjects\\BasicShirt -Dnb.internal.action.name=build jar
C:\Users\Dov\Documents\NetBeansProjects\BasicShirt\nbproject\build-impl.xml:[u]231[/u]:
Must set src.dir
I just Set Configuration by right-clicking the project's name and provided a path to the src folder.
NOW I SEE MY SOURCE FILES BUT NOW THIS line in the .xml file is flagged with similar message:
<fail unless="[u][b]test[/b][/u].src.dir">Must set test.src.dir</fail>
NOW what do I do? (Netbeans 7.4.)
If I could get rid of the 7.4 automatic creation of +Test Packages, I might be OK.
If you can help, I'd be very happy.
(I'm considering re-installing 7.3 if available or removing and reinstalling 7.4 and try to avoid the "testing" requirement, but there goes all my many tweaks of 7.4.)
Well, after considerable frustration with the problem, I solved it, essentially.
It's here, in total. My synopsis plus how it helped me follows. In short, I had to set up a new java project based on existing sources using the New Project Wiz and simply direct Netbeans to the sources.
File > New Project
Choose Java Project with Existing Sources.
Type a (new) project name and ...
... make the Project Folder contains the path to where you want the new project to be stored. (For me, this is the folder where Netbeans has been able to find my sources.)
Click Next for the Existing Sources page of the wizard and ...
5a. ... in the Source Packages Folder pane, click Add Folder and ...
5b. ... navigate to your sources and select the source root folder.
Clicking Next goes to the Includes/Excludes pane, which I didn't need to use.
This may seem like a strange question but can I add a folder in the eclipse workspace that doesn't get recognized by the system? Someplace to keep my notes and java files I'm not ready to including in the build yet?
I tried putting a directory my under src but ecplise tried to compile the files in there, I just want a place where I can keep stuff I don't want eclipse to look at
Thanks
Try excluding a folder/files by:
Right-click a project folder in Project Explorer tree and then go to
"Properties".
click on Resource and then go to "Resource Filters".
Add exclusion filters for files/folders .
What do you guys do, when you have huge project built with ant for instance, where the source folders are right bellow the root project folder, for building classpath from source files ?
Putting entire project as a source folder is nonsense.
Putting separate folders as source folders can't be done if they are part of the package hierarchy and the only thing I could think of, is to copy the source folders into a separate folder and add it then as source folder which is weird but I don't know how else to do it.
Having to duplicate sources just because of the eclipse way of making classpath and also because of somebody doing stupid project structure
It's really pain in the ass...because the ant scripts are written for this structure.
Even if it was just one folder, it's a problem anyway. There must be included the upper folder to the source classpath which means it is included with all the crap around and also it means that package explorer is flooded with the packages.
example:
Instead of /project/src/java/utils where we can put src folder into source classpath...
there is project/java/utils + lot of crap like /project/docs is in the project as well.
The trick is:
An Eclipse project root directory is defined by where the .project and .classpath are.
Two options here:
Those Eclipse project files are located in the workspace (and the 'project', the one with 'java/utils' inside, is not)
Then you can make a linked folder within the Eclipse project to reference 'project', calling that linked folder as 'src', using it as your source folder.
The ant script remains right where it originally is (in the 'project' directory, along with all the other sub-directories)
Those Eclipse project files are located directly within the 'project' directory (along with 'java' and 'docs': don't.
Delete that Eclipse project (not its content, only its definition, that will only remove the .eclipse and the .classpath), and recreate anywhere else.
Then go back to 1.
For each source folder in eclipse you can choose which subfolders of it you want to include or exclude as a source folder (you can also use patterns). If I understand correctly, in your situation you can add the project root folder as a source folder and include only those folders that contain source. So in your example only "java" would be included.