= Platform Structure =
== Development Structure ==
 * These folders are stored in the Repository: [[BR]]
||'''/trunk/sophie2-platform'''||
||'''/trunk/sophie2-platform/.settings'''||sophie2-platform project settings configurations for Eclipse||
||'''/trunk/sophie2-platform/dev-tools'''||contains files that are used to run the whole project.||
||'''/trunk/sophie2-platform/dev-tools/eclipse-templates'''||contains useful templates for eclipse.||
||'''/trunk/sophie2-platform/doc'''||contains files that are part of different project documents (wiki pages, documentation)||
||'''/trunk/sophie2-platform/doc/uml-design-diagrams'''||contains the designed UML diagrams for Sophie  components.||
||'''/trunk/sophie2-platform/doc/spec_diagrams'''||contains UI diagrams for the specification.||
||'''/trunk/sophie2-platform/old'''||contains our progress until 07.2008, before module decomposition||
||'''/trunk/sophie2-platform/modules'''||
 * Each module in /modules has the following structure
||'''/trunk/sophie2-platform/modules/org.sophie2.*/'''||
||'''/trunk/sophie2-platform/modules/org.sophie2.*/.settings'''||project settings configurations for Eclipse. They must be synchronized with the sophie2-platform project settings||
||'''/trunk/sophie2-platform/modules/org.sophie2.*/target'''||contains compiled classes||
||'''/trunk/sophie2-platform/modules/org.sophie2.*/src'''||contains sources and configuration files||
||'''/trunk/sophie2-platform/modules/org.sophie2.*/src/test/java'''||contains unit tests||
||'''/trunk/sophie2-platform/modules/org.sophie2.*/src/test/resources'''||contains unit tests' tools (scripts, documentation, needed files for the tests)||
||'''/trunk/sophie2-platform/modules/org.sophie2.*/src/main'''||
||'''/trunk/sophie2-platform/modules/org.sophie2.*/src/main/resources'''||contains the resources which the module uses||
||'''/trunk/sophie2-platform/modules/org.sophie2.*/src/main/java'''||
||'''/trunk/sophie2-platform/modules/org.sophie2.*/src/main/java/org'''||
||'''/trunk/sophie2-platform/modules/org.sophie2.*/src/main/java/org/sophie2'''||contains application sources||
except author module, which don't need test section.
== Runtime Structure ==
 * For each module when built with maven a target folder is created, which has the following structure
||'''/classes'''||
||'''/classes/META_INF'''||contains meta information that is needed for the .jar file to be executed||
||'''/classes/org/sophie2/[module_name]'''||contains the compiled source classes||
||'''/classes/[contents of /src/main/resources]'''||contains needed resources||
||'''/test-classes'''||includes copies of the compiled tests ||
||'''/distrib'''||contains the files that will be copied on the user's machine during the setup process and will be enough for the project to be completely functional||