Creating application client modules
You can use wizards to create an application client module in your Java™ EE project.
Procedure
- To use the Java EE wizards from the menu bar, select File > New > Application Client Project.
- Alternatively, right-click the Enterprise Explorer view, and select New > Other > Java EE > Application Client Project
- On the Application Client module page, provide the following
information:
- In the Project name field, type a name for your Application Client 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 Application Client module 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.
- In the EAR Membership field, accept the default Add project to an EAR and accept the default EAR project name, or type an alternative in the EAR Project Name field. To create an EAR project, click New Project.
- Click Next.
- On the Configure Application Client module settings page,
provide the following information:
- In the Source Folder field, specify a folder for your source files by clicking the Add Folder button or accept the default value (appClientModule).
- In the Output Folder: field, specify a folder for your output files or accept the default value build\classes.
- Click Next.
- On the Application Client module page, provide the following
information:
- In the Create a default Main class field, accept the default (selected) or clear if you do not want to create a main class.
- In the Generate deployment descriptor field, accept the default (cleared), select if you want to generate a deployment descriptor.
- Click Finish.
Parent topic: Creating and configuring Java EE projects using wizards

