Once a project is created, you should have the following directory structure:

• src
  • xar
    • META-INF
      • urlPattern.xml
      • xar.xml
      • xpipedef.xml
    • ROOT
      • xslt
      • content
• build.xml
• build

You just type ant to build your project. Once the build is finished. You will have an xar file under the build directory. You can then deploy the application to your XPE server.

The META-INFO directory

Under the src directory, there is an xar directory. Then there is a META-INF directory found under the xar directory. There are three important files here: urlPattern.xml, xar.xml and xpipedef.xml.

The ROOT directory

The directory hosts XSLT scripts and other XML documents needed for the application. By convention, XML documents are stored under the content directory while XSLT scripts are stored under the xslt directory.