The Project
Explorer view shows a custom view of a dynamic Web project. By default, dynamic
web projects appear under a top-level category called Dynamic Web Projects.
The following are some of the notable top-level objects that appear beneath
the project node (based on default folder names).
Web content folder -
This folder contains items to be published to the server. By default, this
folder will be named
WebContent for newly created static and dynamic
Web projects.
Note: You can change the name in the Web page of the project's
Properties dialog. In a dynamic Web project, changing the folder name will
update the Java build output directory. You can change the preference
for the default folder name to be applied when creating new Web projects by
selecting .
- META-INF - This directory contains the MANIFEST.MF file,
which is used to map class paths for dependent JAR files that exist in other
projects in the same Enterprise Application project. An entry in this file
will update the run-time project class path and Java build settings to include the referenced
JAR files.
- WEB-INF - The directory where supporting Web resources for a Web
application are kept (for example: .xmi files, .xml files, and web.xml.) Note
that double-clicking on the web.xml file has the same effect as double-clicking
on the Deployment Descriptor: it opens the Web Deployment Descriptor editor.