The following tables show some of the icons used in the Explorer to indicate what type of item a node represents. Other icons might be installed by IDE extension modules.
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The following table lists some of the icons used to represent entire filesystems or entire objects:
Icon | Description |
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![]() | The root Filesystems node. You can right-click this node to mount new filesystems in the IDE. |
![]() | The root Javadoc node. |
![]() | The root Project node. |
![]() | Local directory. For Java hierarchies, this node represents the default Java package. |
![]() | Archive filesystem. JAR files and zip files are examples of archives that can be represented by this node. This node can be expanded to display the hierarchy of files in the archive, though the files cannot be edited. |
![]() | JAR recipe file. A JAR recipe file contains information necessary to create a JAR file. The contextual menu for this node includes commands that enable you to create, modify, and run the JAR file. |
![]() | A JAR file created from the JAR recipe. The location of the file is given next to the icon. |
![]() | Indicator that a JAR file has not yet been created from the JAR recipe. The location given next to the icon is where the JAR file is created when the JAR recipe is compiled. |
![]() | The subnodes of this node are items included in the JAR recipe file. These items can be either files or directories. |
![]() | Folder. This icon represents folders, directories, and Java packages. |
![]() | Java source file. |
![]() | Java form object. |
![]() | Serialized prototype. |
![]() | Java class or inner class. |
![]() | Java interface or inner interface. |
![]() | Top Form Component node. If you have the Form Editor module installed, this node appears in a form object's hierarchy when that object is open in the Form Editor. The node and its subnodes are mirrored in the Form Editor itself. |
![]() | JavaServer page. |
![]() | Cluster of aliases used for related files. |
![]() | HTML file. |
![]() | Image file. |
![]() | Web bookmark. |
Badge icons can be affixed to other icons to indicate a particular state of the object. The following table lists some of the badges used in the IDE.
Icon | Description |
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![]() | The file needs to be compiled. Either it has not been compiled or the source has changed since the last compilation. |
![]() | The file is a runnable object. |
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The file cannot be parsed. The file might contain an unrecoverable syntactic error or there might have been a problem reading the file. |
The icons in the following table represent elements within the Java hierarchy. These elements include methods, fields, and bean patterns.
Icon | Description |
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![]() | Category node for constructors. |
![]() | Constructor with default access. |
![]() | Private constructor. |
![]() | Public constructor or nonstatic initializer. |
![]() | Constructor with protected access. |
![]() | Static initializer. |
![]() | Category node for methods. |
![]() | Method with default access (nonstatic). |
![]() | Private method (nonstatic). |
![]() | Public method (nonstatic). |
![]() | Method with protected access (nonstatic). |
![]() | Method with default access (static). |
![]() | Private method (static). |
![]() | Public method (static). |
![]() | Method with protected access (static). |
![]() | Category node for fields. |
![]() | Field with default access (nonstatic). |
![]() | Private field (nonstatic). |
![]() | Public field (nonstatic). |
![]() | Field with protected access (nonstatic). |
![]() | Field with default access (static). |
![]() | Private field (static). |
![]() | Public field (static). |
![]() | Field with protected access (static). |
![]() | Bean Patterns node. Subnodes represent bean properties and event sets. You can right-click Bean Patterns to add bean properties and bean event sets to your code or to generate BeanInfo for the class. |
![]() | Read-only bean property. |
![]() | Read/write bean property. |
![]() | Write-only bean property. |
![]() | Read-only indexed bean property. |
![]() | Read/write indexed bean property. |
![]() | Write-only indexed bean property. |
![]() | Multicast bean event set. |
![]() | Unicast bean event set. |
The following table lists icons used to represent Java .properties files in the IDE:
Icon | Description |
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![]() | Properties object |
![]() | Properties locale |
![]() | Properties key |
See also | |||
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The Explorer
Version Control Statuses Creating a New File Working With Beans |