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Folders in Eclipse Java project

 
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I have a subdirectory of my java project that I want to use to hold resources that are not java code.
How do I get this subdirectory to appear in the Package Explorer as a folder instead of as a java package.
I want my resource folder to be decorated with the folder icon instead of the java package icon.

When I use the New/Folder option of the package explorer context menu, the new subdirectory is decorated as a
java package, not as a folder. Choosing New/Folder seems to have the same effect as new/Package.

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Remove it from the list of source directories?
 
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Thanks for the suggestion. I gave that a try, but it does not seem to make a difference.

 
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I don't see how a non-source directory would get a source decoration; how are you removing it?
 
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Im using Eclipse 3.4.2
On the Source tab of the project properties window, I specifed a mask that excludes the directory.
Is there another way to exclude the directory?
I included, as an attachement, a screen shot showing my project in the package explorer tab.

the project has a subfolder called third_party_lib, which is decorated as an empty package. I would like to see this directory and all its subdirectories decorated with the folder icon. Curiously, the subdirectory third_party_lib/quinn-curtis is decorated as a folder. When I created the log4j folder under the third_party_lib directory (as I did for quinn-curtis) the log4j subdirectory appears as a package, not a folder.

See the attached screen print for a clearer picture.
FolderDecoration.jpg
[Thumbnail for FolderDecoration.jpg]
 
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Hmm, I didn't think that's what include/exclude did, but I tend not to mess with that. I normally just explicitly list the source folders I want Eclipse to deal with if they're non-obvious. That's how I've dealt with Maven's default directory layout when not using a Maven plugin, or crazy projects with source files all over the place.

That said, I'm not convinced resource files should be non-source files, since that would exclude them from normal classpath packaging (only relevant if it's a webapp, though, I suppose?)
 
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