Use the Preferences dialog to
specify preferences for Java™ EE
development.
Before you begin
To work with Java EE tools, make sure that the Enterprise Java capabilities are turned on
in the page of the Preferences dialog.
Procedure
- Click and select Java EE in the left
pane.
- Select or clear the Perform incremental deployment check
box. Incremental deployment affects situations when you change a project
after deployment code is already generated. When you regenerate the
deployment code, the workbench only generates the necessary code related
to the files that were affected by your changes.
- In the Classpath containers section,
you can let the system manage the classpath variables or you can control
your own classpath at a workbench level.
- Select Use EAR Libraries classpath container,
if you want the classpath dependencies to be managed automatically.
Clear Use EAR Libraries classpath container if
you want to manage your own classpath dependencies manually.
- Select Use Web App Libraries classpath container,
if you want the classpath dependencies to be managed automatically.
Clear Use Web App Libraries classpath container,
if you want to manage your own classpath dependencies manually.
- In the Classpath checking section,
you can set the classpath checking level to one of Error, Warning,
or Ignore for each of the following states:
- Duplicate Java EE Module
dependency classpath entries
- Duplicate Web Module dependency classpath entries
- Missing Java EE Module
dependency classpath entries
- Missing Web Module dependency classpath entries
What to do next
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