Renaming underlying directory in Java project

[Rodrigo Braz]

Hi,

I have a directory with my source and a Java project based on it. How can I rename my directory without having to re-create an entire Java project?

It seems to me that if I just rename the directory, Eclipse won't know where to find it.

And renaming it and creating a new project based on the renamed directory forces me to configure all the options I configured before.

Also, renaming the folder in the Eclipse environment does not actually change the directory's name.

Thanks,

Rodrigo

[m3anman]

Eclipse does not depend on the root directory of a project, you just need all the correct files and the project settings file. You should have a .classpath, .project files and .metadata folder in your project root directory.

So long as you have that you should be fine. So simply close the project in Eclipse (make sure not to delete contents!), rename the dir, fire up Eclipse again and then *import* your project instead of creating a new one.

[Rodrigo Braz]

Thanks!

Rodrigo

[Sylar]

Oh. I actually never had problems with directory changes.

You can simply copy the files(from its old directory) then paste it in the Eclipse package explorer.