Jeffrey Cole wrote:I have an ear file written a couple years ago on another computer. Is it possible to use this ear file (which contains the source) to generate a new eclipse project containing the ear contents? If so, how? TIA
You would have to manually extract those sources - Eclipse does not have any idea where to find them because there is no standard for storing sources in an EAR. The specs for an EAR file, and its embedded WAR and JAR files, does not specify any location for source files.
You can also extract the various configuration files.
Then create new projects in Eclipse and add the sources and config files to those projects. It is a completely manual process, but it can be done since you have the sources.