On the workbench, you have the option to display or hide the metadata
of the server.
The
metadata contains a variety of information about the
server such as:
- The location where the server configuration files are stored on the workbench.
- The fully qualified DNS name or IP address of the host machine where the
server is running.
- The name assign to the server.
- The name of the installed server runtime environment which defines the
runtime environment of an application server for compiling your application.
By default, the tool hides the metadata of the server to keep
the development workspace clean. Displaying the metadata of the server on
the workbench, allows you to persists the data of the server in a serverName.server
file, where serverName is the name assigned to the server. The serverName.server
file is useful when you are working in a team development environment and
you are required to maintain the metadata of the server in a source control
repository.
To display the metadata of the server: