Creating enterprise application projects

You can use wizards to create an enterprise application project in your Java™ EE project.

Before you begin

If you do not see the Java EE icon,,J2EE perspective icon in the workspace, you can switch to the Java EE perspective.

Procedure

  1. To use the Java EE wizard from the menu bar, select File > New > Project...Java EE > Enterprise Application Project. Alternatively, right-click the Enterprise Explorer view, and select New > Enterprise Application Project.
  2. On the Enterprise Application project page, provide the following information:
    • In the Project name field, type a name for your Enterprise Application project.
    • In the Project location field, accept the default, or clear Use default location and type a directory name to contain your project contents.
    • In the Target Runtime field, select a target run time from the drop-down list or click New Runtime to create an application server run time.
    • In the EAR version field, accept the default or select a different version from the drop-down list.
    • In the Configuration field, select the wanted application server configuration, or click Modify to modify the configuration.
  3. Click Next.
  4. On the Configure enterprise application settings page, provide the following information:
    • In the Java EE Module dependencies field, select a module or click New Module to create a module.
    • Type a directory location name in the Content Directory: field.
    • Accept the default value in the Generate deployment descriptor field (cleared), or select if you want to generate a deployment descriptor.
  5. Click Finish.
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Timestamp icon Last updated: July 17, 2017 21:58

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