Enterprise explorer view in the Java EE perspective
While developing enterprise applications in the Java™
EE perspective, the enterprise explorer view is the main view of your Java™ EE projects and resources.
The enterprise explorer view in the Java EE perspective is a view that allows you to manage and maintain your enterprise applications in one location. The enterprise explorer view provides you with
- An integrated view of all project resources, including models of Java EE deployment descriptors (if you are using deployment descriptors), Java artifacts, resources, web services, databases, and web project artifacts.
- A way to view all the modules associated with your project.
- Search bar capabilities that allow you to filter the files in your project folders according to the search parameter you type in the search bar. For example, if you type xml in the search bar and click Search, only the xml files show up in the Enterprise Explorer. If you type jar in the search bar and click Search, only the JAR files in your project (excluding the jars on the classpath) show up.
- A Toggle Project Grouping button to organize your projects by project type. The result is a tree organized by project type.
- Customization options, so that you can select what functionality you want available in the enterprise explorer view. Click the View Menu arrow in the Enterprise Explorer view, and select Customize View....
- Version control management information (VCM) can be turned on and off from the Preferences page: .
- Classpath module dependencies can be modified by selecting
- View filtering is supported by clicking the View Menu arrow in the Enterprise Explorer view, selecting . Resources can be filtered by name, project type, or content type. Files beginning with a period are filtered out by default.
- The status line shows the full path of the selected resource.
- Errors and warnings on resources (including Java, HTML/JSP, and Links Builder errors and warnings) are indicated with a red error or yellow warning next to the resource with the error, as well as the parent containers up to the project.