Working with objects
While working in Forte for Java, Community Edition, you operate with objects rather than plain files. Each object represents one or more files on disk. Each object is shown with its own icon and properties. The following table shows the object types used in the IDE.
Table 2: Object Types
There are several ways of creating new objects including choosing the New From Template command in:
See Creating new objects from templates for more information.
You can also copy objects from one package and paste them in another using Copy and Paste from the contextual menus. There are special paste options for JavaBeans objects.
Objects can be removed by pressing DELETE on the keyboard.
Three advanced operations can be done with JavaBeans and serialized prototypes. You can:
- Customize them (using the Customize Bean command) and make serialized prototypes from the customized object.
- Copy and paste them into the Component Palette.
- Copy and paste them directly into the Component Inspector (without the need to install them in the Component Palette first).
The following table shows some of the commands available in the contextual menus for the various types of objects.
Table 3: Common Object Commands
Creates a group (object composed of links to one or more files, enabling you to access them from the same place in the IDE). See Group of Files.
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