Importing Existing JSF Projects with Any Structure

If you already have a JSF project or just any Web project, you can easily open it in Exadel Studio. Exadel Studio will take care of adding all the necessary files JSF related files to your project.

Not only you can import any existing JSF project, but any existing Web project can also be imported into Exadel Studio.

Select File/Import...

Select JSF Project

To start the import process, you only need to point Exadel Studio to project's web.xml location.

Exadel Studio will set Project Name. You can change the project name by simply typing a new value.

On this screen you configure the rest of your project.

Exadel Studio will try to determine your project structure and set the values for:

Web Root
Source Folder
Classes Folder
Lib Folder

If your project has a custom structure, some values might be not set. If this is the case, you simply need to manually set those values by clicking Change.

If the project you are importing is not already a JSF project, select Add JSF Libraries to add all the JSF related libraries to your project.

Context Path is the name under which the application will be deployed.

The Runtime value tells Eclipse where to find Web libraries in order to build (compile) the project. It is not possible to finish project import without selecting Runtime. If you don't have any values, select New... to add new Runtime.

Target Server allows you specify if to deploy the application. The Target Server corresponds to the Runtime value selected above.

If you don't want to deploy the application, uncheck this value.

	Open in new window

back Importing Existing JSF Projects with Any Structure If you already have a JSF project or just any Web project, you can easily open it in Exadel Studio. Exadel Studio will take care of adding all the necessary files JSF related files to your project. Not only you can import any existing JSF project, but any existing Web project can also be imported into Exadel Studio. Select File/Import... Select JSF Project To start the import process, you only need to point Exadel Studio to project's web.xml location. Exadel Studio will set Project Name. You can change the project name by simply typing a new value. On this screen you configure the rest of your project. Exadel Studio will try to determine your project structure and set the values for: Web Root Source Folder Classes Folder Lib Folder If your project has a custom structure, some values might be not set. If this is the case, you simply need to manually set those values by clicking Change. If the project you are importing is not already a JSF project, select Add JSF Libraries to add all the JSF related libraries to your project. Context Path is the name under which the application will be deployed. The Runtime value tells Eclipse where to find Web libraries in order to build (compile) the project. It is not possible to finish project import without selecting Runtime. If you don't have any values, select New... to add new Runtime. Target Server allows you specify if to deploy the application. The Target Server corresponds to the Runtime value selected above. If you don't want to deploy the application, uncheck this value. back