New Java Project with Existing Sources Wizard: Includes & Excludes

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The New Java Project with Existing Sources wizard enables you to create a new  from an existing Java SE source folder. You open the wizard by opening the New Project wizard and selecting the Java Application with Existing Sources template from the General category.

The Includes & Excludes panel is an optional step in the wizard which allows you to specify the packages you want to include when creating a new project. This can be useful if, for example, you are working from a large project that contains many packages maintained in the same location. You can filter the packages scanned from your existing sources by entering paths to the packages you want to either include or exclude. Classes that are not included will not be scanned when the wizard completes.

You can set the following properties:

When you click Finish, the specified packages are scanned and included in the new project. The project is created on your computer and opened in both the Projects window and the Files window.

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About Standard Projects
About Free-Form Projects

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