How to create a project from existing source in Eclipse and then find it?

Question

I have created several .java files. All of them are located in one directory. I used a text editor to write these files. Now I want to switch to Eclipse. How can I do it? I

Answer 1

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How to create a new eclipse project and add a folder or a new package into the project, or how to build a new project for existing java files.

1. Create a new project from the menu File->New-> Java Project
2. If you are going to add a new pakcage, then create the same package name here by File->New-> Package
3. Click the name of the package in project navigator, and right click, and import... Import->General->File system (choose your file or package)

this worked for me I hope it helps others. Thank you.