I have some java projects that use external files as input. I usually store the files in the package directory under a folder which i name "resources". My question now is: should i exclude these folders from the build path? I though that they have to be included, but my programm still works even if they are excluded. Also the logo of the folder changes when i include/exclude the folder. Please see the attached picture. This isnt a very big issue but i was just curious. Thanks for every input on that.
Every file included in the source folders is processed:
bin by default).Then, at execution time, only files from the target folder can be accessed by the program. Why? Because only the target folder shall be packaged into a Jar and eventually distributed. So you must not rely into the temporary circumstance that your program is reading non-source directories when executing from your IDE. Everything that shall be distributed must be into source directories.
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