So I'm starting to explore Java programming, and I feel I have a decent grasp of the basic syntax, conventions, and differences to C++. In order to learn more about Swing, I'd like to dive into the PasswordStore source code provided on the Oracle website (here). I should mention that I am using the Eclipse IDE (Juno).
Unfortunately and embarrassingly, though, I cannot figure out how to import the project into Eclipse. Most of the information I found through a Google search is telling me to use the "Create project from existing sources" option when creating a new project, but I cannot find that option in the New Java Project dialog box. Using Import->General->Existing Projects Into Workspace results in a "No projects are found to import" message (I tried the main folder and all the subfolders except those within the src
subfolder).
The folder provided contains a "File"-type file called Makefile
, manifest.mf
, and an XML document called build
. Digging around, I also discovered genfiles.properties
, project.properties
, build-impl.xml
, project.xml
, and a bunch of Java source files. Immediate subfolders are build
, dist
, nbproject
and src
. I could just open the source files directly, but I'd like to do this properly.
Could somebody tell me what I am supposed to be doing here?