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Use

This creates a project, from which a J2EE application in the form of an EAR file can be generated and deployed.

Procedure

Creating Enterprise Application Projects

  1. Choose File → New → Project.
  2. On the left pane of the first wizard page, choose J2EE, and on the right pane, select Enterprise Application Project.
  3. Choose Next.
  4. In the Project name field, enter a name for your new Enterprise Application project.
  5. Choose Next.

    If you want to create the Enterprise Application project without references to any projects, choose Finish instead.

  6. Select the projects to be referenced.
  7. Choose Finish.

Creating Enterprise Application DC Projects

  1. Import the relevant development configuration. See Importing Development Configurations .
  2. Choose File → New → Project.
  3. On the left pane of the first wizard page, choose Development Component, and on the right pane, select Development Component Project.
  4. Choose Next.
  5. Select the software component to which the development component is to be assigned.
  6. Choose Next.
  7. Specify the project attributes as follows:
    Attribute Description

    Vendor

    Globally unique vendor name. It is recommended that you derive this name from the Internet domain of the provider (for example, sap.com).

    Name

    Choose a Name Prefix from the drop down menu (if applicable). Specify a unique development component (DC) name.

    Caption

    (Optional) Name used in visual tools to refer to the DC.

    Language

    (Optional) Original language of the DC project.

    Domain

    (Optional) Describes in which area the DC is used. You can select from the drop down list of this field the area of your DC. For example, if your DC deals with finances, select the Financial Services option.

    Local Development Component

    (Optional) Flags the DC as a local DC. You should only activate this option if the DC is not to be checked in to the DTR, but only to be created locally. In this case, no assignment is made to a DTR activity.

    However, you can assign the local DC to an activity at a later stage in the project processing. 

    Sync Used Archives

    (Optional) Select this if you want to add a standard set of DCs to be used to the DC to be created. The relevant DCs are then synchronized from the DTR and listed individually in the new DC project under Used DCs.

    Type

    Choose J2EE → EnterpriseApplication.
  1. Choose Next.
  2. Choose Next.

    If you want to create the Enterprise Application project without references to any projects, choose Finish instead.

  3. Select the projects to be referenced.
  4. Choose Finish.
Result

In the J2EE Explorer (for ordinary projects) or J2EE DC Explorer (for DC projects), you can see the Enterprise project. It contains theapplication.xml and application-j2ee-engine.xml deployment descriptors. If you unfold the application.xml node, you can see the referenced modules (if any). If this is a DC project, it will also have additional components used for working with the SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure.

Now you can add modules or, if you have already added the necessary modules, you can build the application EAR file.

See also:

Adding Modules to Enterprise Application Projects

Building EARs

Deploying EARs

EAR Configuration