Chapter 4. The GWT s Directory Structure

Chapter 4. The GWT's Directory Structure

Whether you use the applicationCreator script or not, this is what your directory structure should look like. The client directory is where the Java class representing your user interface resides (such as the entry point class), and any of this class's support classes.

The public directory contains an HTML file that has the same name as your client class, but with a different suffix: GwtAjax.html. This file is only necessary if you are not dynamically generating your entire user interface with JavaScript. The HTML file allows you to enclose the JavaScript associated with your application widgets within a bigger design. This is typically the way you will go, as the designers will be building the XHTML pages, which will point to the GWT-generated JavaScript. The dynamically generated user interface aspects are usually enclosed by XHTML div tags in these pages.