Creating a Project for a Portal Application

To develop with Knowledge Management you first need to create a project for a portal application. The project includes a folder structure and files that are a prerequisite for development for the portal.

SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio is installed. The Java perspective has to be activated. If you have not yet activated this perspective, choose Window → Open Perspective → Java.

1. Choose File  →   New  →   Other   → Portal Application   → Create a Portal Application Project → Next.
2. Specify the Project Name and Project Folder.
3. Choose Finish.

The wizard creates default folders and files that are required for a portal project and references the essential  JAR files required for all portal developments.

• The directory src.api is created to store public items like interfaces.
• The directory src.core is created to store core java classes.
• The file for the deployment descriptor dist\portal-inf\portalapp.xml is created for the specification of portal components that must be available at runtime in the portal.

For Knowledge Management development, you need to enhance the project with additional items and reference the additional JAR files required for KM.