Question

I am set to deliver my ant based project and the bare minimum requirement for that i.e src folder with all source file and build.xml works fine for me with command prompt but then i see my project in eclipse and it has 2 errors

1. Description Resource Path Location Type Project ‘Arcusys’ is missing
   required source folder: ‘CustomerTest’ Arcusys Build path Build
   Path Problem
2. The project cannot be built until build path errors are
   resolved Arcusys Unknown Java Problem

these are related to .classpath as i do not have .classpath file in my current directory question. How can i avoid this error

Thank You

Answer 1

A Java project in Eclipse requires a certain amount of book-keeping. Depending on the specific type of the Java project (Java, Plug-in Development, Groovy, …) you might need more or less of this.

The same book-keeping information might not necessarily be needed to build the project – whether this is done by ANT or Maven – but have to be present nevertheless. Both ANT and Maven have their own ways to represent the same information (build.xml and pom.xml) and to some extend the synchronization between the different forms can be automated…

A Java project in Eclipse needs the following book-keeping files:

• .project – the basic information about the Eclipse project, including the “type” of the project in the form of “project natures” and “builders”
• .settings/* – the preferences for the specific project in the form of a number of .pref files (almost the same as Java .properties files)
• .classpath – the build information in the form of dependencies on JRE version, other projects and special libraries (e.g. JUnit)