Create a Framework with WOnder Layout
Introduction
So, you have built the mother of all WebObjects apps in XCode or Eclipse with everything in the default package (or not). The time has come where you want a make a new WebObjects application that re-uses some of the functionality you have already created in bigApp.woa.
This article explains how to create a framework in Eclipse that can be used with your WebObjects projects. The resulting framework can be used in WOLips or XCode projects. In this example a framework is created that consists of class(es) that were in the default package of a WebObjects application and the 3rd party jar dependencies were originally in /Library/WebObjects/Extensions. The resulting framework bundle will encompass the 3rd party jar and the custom java classes that are moved from the original WO project.
Disclaimer: I am still relatively new to Eclipse, so if you see a smarter way to do this, then feel free to edit this wiki page.
Also, at the time of writing this article I was using Eclipse 3.2.1 with WOLips build #3769.
How To
First create the project in your Eclipse workspace.
Right-click in Package Explorer view of the WOLips perspective and select New->Other.
Next type WO in the filter field and select WOnderFramework from the list and click Next.
Next enter a project name and click Finish
(( Under Construction )) (I just noticed that the WOnderFramework wizard is hosed in latest version of WOLips (3769) ... I will come back to this later