Tools for Java EE development

The Java™ EE development tools enable you to create enterprise applications including enterprise application projects, EJBs, and Java persistent API (JPA) applications.

The workbench provides a rich set of tools to create, develop, test, debug, and deploy enterprise applications. Some of the Java EE tools include:

  • Enterprise explorer view:

    The Enterprise explorer view allows you to manage and maintain your enterprise applications in one location.

  • Annotations view:

    The Annotations view provides a way for you to create, edit, browse, and generally keep track of the annotations that you use in your applications.

  • Project and object creation wizards:

    You can use Java EE wizards to create enterprise applications, including application client projects, Enterprise Java bean projects, connector projects, web projects, web fragment projects, and web Services applications.

  • Export and import wizards:

    You can import existing projects and modules into your current project; you can use export wizards to build, package, and export projects with a single click.

  • Code validation, content assistance, Quick Fixes, and refactoring:

    These tools simplify working with your code. Code validators check your projects for errors. When one is found, you can double-click it, in the Problems view in the product workbench, to go to the error location. For some types of error, you can also choose a Quick Fix, which automatically corrects the error. For both Java™ source and Java annotations, you can rely on content assistance to simplify your programming task. When you refactor source code, the tools automatically update the associated metadata.

  • Tools for managing projects:

    The tools for Java EE allow you to manage projects easily. To share applications outside of a version-control system, you can import and export projects as archive files.