Directory Structure

Let's revisit the directory structure we covered in the previous chapter. Figure 4.1 shows the directory structure. It is important to see this again now before we jump into the Ant discussion. Let's review some of the more notable subdirectories here:

• src directory will contain all the Java, HTML/Javascript, XML, and all other input/source files that we will develop ourselves.

• build will contain the output of our builds (for example, compilation, copying of web and library files, and so on).

• lib will contain all external JAR files required to run our application.

• dist will contain our web archive (.war) file, which contains all the web-related files, compiled .class files, .jar library files, and more.

  Figure 4.1. Development directory structure for Time Expression.