Standard Web Project Properties Dialog Box: Libraries

See Also 

You open the Standard Web Project Properties dialog box by right-clicking any  and choosing Properties.

The Libraries page lets you specify the classpath for the project, by setting the following properties:

• Java Platform: Specifies the target Java platform against which all source files are compiled and run. Available Java platforms are those that have been registered in the Java Platform Manager.
• Libraries Folder. To make it easier to share libraries among different users and projects, you can set a folder to hold those libraries (or references to those libraries). You can create a new folder or specify an existing folder that already contains copies of the libraries on which your project depends.

  To specify the folder, click Browse. If there is already a libraries folder, a file chooser opens. Within the file chooser, you can select a folder for your libraries. You can also configure whether each library is referenced with a relative path or an absolute path. If there is not a libraries folder, the New Libraries wizard opens. In the New Libraries wizard, you set a libraries folder and then specify how to reference each library. The simplest case is to have the libraries copied to that folder. You can also refer to the libraries in their existing location (with a relative path or an absolute path). If you have specified an existing folder, you also have the option of using copies of libraries that are already in that folder instead of the copies that are contained in the IDE's Ant Library Manager.

• Compile.
• Compile Tests.
• Run Tests. Specifies entries that are on each of the classpaths. You can add any of the following entries:
  • Project. The build output, source files, and Javadoc files of another IDE project.
  • Library. A collection of binary files, source files, and Javadoc files.
  • JAR/Folder. A JAR file or folder containing classes. The folder must contain classes. If the folder does not contain classes but, for example, images instead, use the Packaging page to add them to the project.
  By default, all items that are on the classpath are packaged in the WAR file. Uncheck the Package checkbox for each classpath item that you want to exclude from the WAR file.
• Build Required Projects (Libraries and additional WAR content). By default, the projects required by the current project are built when the current project is built. Required projects are projects on the classpath as well as projects defined in the Packaging page. Unselect the Build Required Projects checkbox if you do not want the required projects to be built when the current project is built.

Notes:

• If you want to include a resource in the project, but not on the classpath, use the Packaging page instead.
• If a JAR file is registered as a Java Class Library and has attached source code and Javadoc documentation, you can just add the JAR file to the classpath and the IDE finds the Javadoc documentation and source code automatically. You should use the Add Library button if you want to add a library that contains several JAR files. Adding a Java Class Library rather than a regular JAR file also makes it easier for other developers you share the project with to fix broken references to Javadoc documentation and source code.
• Adding a to the classpath of a standard project does nothing unless you have declared the free-form project's build outputs in the Output page of its Project Properties dialog box.

See Also

About Standard Projects

About Free-Form Projects

Standard Web Project Properties Dialog Box:

         Sources

         Frameworks

         Compiling

         Packaging

         Documenting

         Run

         Web Services

         Web Service Clients