How to set up multiple source folders within a single Eclipse project?

Question

I have several somewhat separate programs, that conceptually can fit into a single project. However, I\'m having trouble telling Eclipse to make several folders inside a pr

Answer 1

There are probably several ways to do this:

1) UberProject is your JavaProject. Right click ProgramA -> Build Path -> Use as source folder. Right click ProgramB -> Build Path -> Use as source folder. Both ProgramA and ProgramB will do incremental builds to the same directory.

2) Two java projects (ProgramA and ProgramB). You can use UberProject as your eclipse workspace which would be easiest or you can use an outside workspace and import ProgramA and ProgramB as external projects.

There are probably other ways as well (maven multi-module project). Your choice probably depends on whether you have cyclic dependencies between projects. It should be relatively easy to try both 1 and 2 and see what works best for you.