Packages, files, and folders are all containers that are used to semantically define and group code at different levels of granularity. Java's directory-based namespaces are a perfect example of this.
This concept is continued in the GUI, as they are all presented in the Package Explorer as hierarchical elements, ending at files as leaves. (Files then become the roots of the Outline pane, but we won't get into why that seems like an artificial boundary...)
To search for packages by name, you use Search Java. To search for files by name, you use Search File (Contents), but leave the content null. There's no way to search for folders by name.
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Date: 2006-12-16 06:00 am (UTC)Packages, files, and folders are all containers that are used to semantically define and group code at different levels of granularity. Java's directory-based namespaces are a perfect example of this.
This concept is continued in the GUI, as they are all presented in the Package Explorer as hierarchical elements, ending at files as leaves. (Files then become the roots of the Outline pane, but we won't get into why that seems like an artificial boundary...)
To search for packages by name, you use Search Java. To search for files by name, you use Search File (Contents), but leave the content null. There's no way to search for folders by name.
That about cover it?