[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Adding servlet to existing project

[Daniel Rohe <daniel.rohe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Udo Hoerhold schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> I've been using Eclipse with existing projects by creating a simple 
> project, then linking the existing source folders in my file system to 
> folders in my workspace.  This has worked so far since I don't have to 
> move the existing source, which is in a source control directory structure.
>
> Now I'm trying to add a servlet to the project, and I'd like to use one 
> of the wizards to create some of the resources, like descriptors, etc.  
> The servlet will have dependencies to classes in the rest of the 
> project.  Is there any easy way to do this?  The servlet wizard won't 
> come up at all, since it's not a web project.  I don't want to have to 
> move the entire existing project (it's very large) over to a new web 
> project.  Can I create a new web project just for the servlet, and get 
> it to use the classes from the main project?  Can someone give me some 
> tips on doing this?  I've tried looking through the documentation, but I 
> don't see this kind of situation addressed anywhere.
>
> Thanks.

1.
Import everything Tomcat (or any other Servlet container) exposes to web 
applications (this means everything in common/lib and shared/lib) as 
libraries into your application (this can be done in the project 
properties under Java). Create a new class that extends 
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet as your Servlet. Add the Servlet to your 
web descriptor (web.xml).

2.
Create a new Dynamic Web Project and check your existing project as 
dependency in project properties under Java. Then create your Servlet in 
the new web project with the wizard.

Because you already have a web project in Eclipse I would prefer the first.

Kind regards,
Daniel