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| Products sharing a common source framework |
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| <p>The Java source files for two products require a common framework: |
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| <li>Select the menu item <strong>File > New > Project...</strong>. to open the <strong>New Project</strong> wizard. |
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| On the left pane of the first wizard page, select <strong>Java</strong>, and on the right pane, select <strong>Java Project</strong>. |
| Click <strong>Next</strong>. |
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| <li>On the next page, type "Product1" in the <strong>Project name</strong> field. Click <strong>Next</strong>. |
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| Select "Product1" source folder and click <strong>Edit...</strong>. |
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| Click <strong>Create New Folder...</strong>. Type "JavaSourceFiles" in the <strong>Folder name</strong> field. |
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| Click <strong>Advanced</strong>. Check <strong>Link to folder in the file system</strong>. |
| Click <strong>Browse....</strong> and choose the "JavaSourceFiles" directory in "Product1". |
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| <li>Click <strong>OK</strong> twice to close the two dialogs. |
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| Click <strong>Add Folder...</strong>. |
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| Click <strong>Create New Folder...</strong>. Type "src-common" in the <strong>Folder name</strong> field. |
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| Click <strong>Advanced</strong>. Check <strong>Link to folder in the file system</strong>. |
| Click <strong>Browse....</strong> and choose the "JavaSourceFiles" directory in "CommonFramework". |
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| <li>Click <strong>OK</strong> twice to close the two dialogs. |
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| Type "Product1/bin" in the <strong>Default output folder</strong> field. |
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| <li>Click <strong>Finish</strong>. |
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| <li>Repeat these steps for "Product2". |
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| You now have two Java projects which respectively contain the sources of "Product1" and "Product2" |
| and which are using the sources of "CommonFramework". |
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| <em>Note: </em>Files in "src-common" are shared. So editing "Common.java" in "Product1" |
| will modify "Common.java" in "Product2". However they are compiled in the context of their |
| respective projects. Two "Common.class" files will be generated; one for each project. If the two projects have |
| different compiler options, then different errors could be reported on each "Common.java" file. |
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| <a href="../concepts/concepts-3.htm">Java projects</a><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-6.htm">Java views</a><br> |
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| <a href="../tasks/tasks-110.htm">Working with build paths</a><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-12.htm">Creating a new Java project</a><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-14.htm">Creating a Java project with source folders</a><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-26.htm">Creating a new source folder</a><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-45.htm">Using the Package Explorer</a><br> |
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| <img src="../images/ngrelr.gif" width=159 height=27 alt="Related reference"> |
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| <a href="../reference/ref-121.htm">New Java Project Wizard</a><br> |
| <a href="../reference/ref-view-package-explorer.htm">Package Explorer View</a><br> |
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