Configuring Artifacts
To produce distribution- or deployment-ready units for your application, you should define and then build one or more artifacts for your project.
On this page:
To manage the list of project artifacts
- Open the Project Structure settings.
- Click Artifacts to open the Artifacts page.
The page shows all the artifacts that are available in the project. Manage the list using the toolbar buttons:
- To create an artifact, click the New button and choose the artifact type (JAR, WAR, EAR, Android, or an exploded directory) in the New drop-down list.
- To remove an artifact, select it and click the Remove button .
- To view a list of artifacts in which the selected artifact is included, click the Find Usages button .
- To edit an artifact, select it and update its settings in the Artifact Layout pane that opens.
To configure an artifact
- In the list of artifacts, select the one to be configured. Its settings are displayed in the Artifact Layout pane.
- Specify the general settings of the artifact.
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Complete the artifact definition by following these general steps:
- Configure the artifact structure.
- Add resources to the artifact.
- Arrange the elements included in the artifact.
- If necessary, specify additional activities to be performed before and after building the artifact in the Pre-processing and Post-Processing tabs.
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Last modified: 13 July 2016