This topic covers how to create an EGL web project.
The steps for creating an EGL web project are similar to those
for creating an EGL project, but include additional steps for the
target
runtime, or the server that the project will be deployed to.
To set up a new EGL web project:
- From the menu bar, click The
New Project window opens.
- In the New Project window, expand EGL and
click EGL Project Wizard. If you do not seeEGL
Project Wizard, select the Show All Wizards check
box.
- Click Next.
- Type a name for the project in the Project name field.
- Under EGL Project Types, select Web
project.
- Click Next.
- Choose a target runtime for the project in the Target
Runtime list.
You are not required to choose a runtime
right now, but you will need to choose a runtime before you can run
the project on a server or deploy the project. It is best to choose
a runtime now; you can change the target runtime later.
- Under Build Descriptor Options,
choose where the default build descriptor for the project will be
located or created:
- If you want to configure other options for the project, such as
adding it to an EAR application or adding additional facets, select Show
Advanced Settings and then click Next.
Otherwise, click Finish.
- Under Project location, you can choose
to place the project in your workspace, as is the default, or you
can choose a different location.
- Under EAR Membership, specify whether to
include the project as a module within an Enterprise Application Resource
(EAR) project in the workspace:
- If you clear the Add project to an EAR check
box, the project is not added to an EAR project. You can add the new
project to an EAR project later.
- If you select the Add project to an EAR check
box and choose an existing EAR project in the EAR Project
Name list, the new project will be added to that EAR project.
The new project will use the EAR project's target runtime, regardless
of your choice of runtime on the previous page.
- If you select the Add project to an EAR check
box and type a name for a new EAR project in the EAR Project
Name list, the new EAR and EGL web projects will both
use the runtime selected in the Target Runtime list
on the previous page. By default, the name of the new EAR project
is the name of the EGL web project with the suffix EAR.
- If you selected a target runtime that does not support EAR projects
on the previous page, the EAR Project Name field
is disabled.
- Under EGL Project Features Choices, select
the check boxes for the additional features to include in the project,
if any. For more information on features and facets, see Features and facets of EGL projects.
- If you want an EGL deployment descriptor in the project, select Create
an EGL deployment descriptor. You must still set the deploymentDescriptor build
descriptor option to the name of the deployment descriptor before
the project will use the new deployment descriptor.
- After you have filled out the information on the first page, you
can click Finish to complete the process and
create the project with the default options, or click Next to
continue setting the remainder of the options. These instructions
continue with the remainder of the options.
- On the Project Facets page, select any facets that you may want
to add to your project or select a preset facet configuration. See Features and facets of EGL projects.
- Click Next.
- In the Context Root field, type a name
for the root folder of the project when the project is deployed to
a web server or accept the default, which the same as the project
name.
- In the Content Directory field, type the
name for the web content folder. The default name is WebContent.
- In the Java Source Directory field, type
the name for the generated code folder. The default name is src.
- Click Finish.