[mrzott]

1. Applets in a web module must be placed outside the WEB-INF-folder. MyEclipse by default puts all classes created out of the source folder to WEB-INF/classes. How can I change this in general and in this special case.

2. It would be nice, if the web-root folder would reflect the complete structure and content of the web-archive deployed. In the (few) test projects I created so far, there was no classes folder displayed under the web-root-folder and the lib folder was empty in contrast to the war. Instead several build and config files are placed under the web-root-folder, which I think should be displayed at some other place.

thanks
mrzott

PS:
projects environment:
os: windows XP home edition inc. servicePack2
eclipse: Version: 3.1.0, Build id: I20050627-1435.
myEclipse: Version: 4.0 Milestone 2, Build Id:20050627-4.0-Milestone-2.

[Riyad Kalla]

mrzott,
The structure of the WAR file (and our projects) are well defined by the web spec, these aren’t random choices we made.

The problem here is that you are mixing the code of a client-based application in with the structure and code of a web-based application. I would instead suggest that you make your applet a completely separate Java Project, that you can JAR up and place into a publically accessible directory of your bigger web project.

MyWebProject
MyApplet -> MyApplet.jar -> MyWebProject/applets/MyApplet.jar

There isn’t automated support in MyEclipse for applets so the JAR’ing and placement will need to be manual, or done with an Ant script.

[mrzott]

support-rkalla,
thanks for your suggestions! Seems suitable. Sorry for the bad description, but unspecified random folder display was not what I was going for.

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