exclude files from jar or war in eclipse

Question

Is there a way to tell Eclipse to not include specified files, directories, or patterns in a JAR or WAR?

Answer 1

You can specify includes and excludes by opening the Project Properties (alt-enter) then opening Java Build Path and the Source tab. Against each source location there is a little plus sign, click on that then select Included or Excluded then select the Edit... button.

source path screenshot http://help.eclipse.org/ganymede/topic/org.eclipse.jdt.doc.user/gettingStarted/images/qs-WorkingWithExistingLayout26.png

You can then specify multiple patterns for files to be included/excluded. These files will not be processed to the output directory. The patterns follow Ant's wildcard patterns so you have quite fine-grained control over what to include.

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