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I have imported an existing project built using Maven into my Eclipse workspace. Should we use Navigator or Package Explorer to view our projects in Eclipse?
Try both and look at the differences. You’ll notice that the Navigator is presented like as a disk file system folder structure (like Windows Explorer) and that the Package Explorer groups the Java classes in packages instead of a bunch of folder trees.
Which one to choose is purely a matter of taste and usefulness of the view. When developing in Java, the Package Explorer is more handy. When just scanning for loose files, the Navigator may be more handy. Each has also its own (configureable) set of filters to hide certain types of files. You’ll by default not see
.classfiles in Package Explorer, but you can see them in Navigator (in the/binfolder).