View the contents of an application component

We can open an application component to view its contents using a file compression tool.

The application component contains folders based on the project.resources that were selected when the application component was created, as well as a mandatory COMPONENT-DATA folder.

Figure 1. File structure of a typical application component

The COMPONENT-DATA folder contains the following files:

• The thumbnail image file that was selected when the application component was created.

• A Component Processor file named component.wcp, which contains the metadata information specified when the application component was created.

The following contents are present in the component.wcp file:

• Component ID

• Component name

• Component author name

• Component description

• Component version

• Component thumbnail

• IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation version number

The following example shows the contents of a typical component.wcp file:

<ComponentData>
  <ID>BarCodeScannerUniqueID</ID>
  <Name>Barcode Scanner_iOS</Name>
  <Author>IBM</Author>
  <Description>Barcode Scanner for iOS by IBM</Description>
  <Version>1.0.0</Version>
  <Image>BarcodeScanner.jpg</Image>
  <WLVersion>6.3.0</WLVersion>
</ComponentData>

Do not modify the contents of the COMPONENT-DATA folder except to add additional hooks to the component.wcp file according to the schema described in Add hooks to an application component.

Parent topic: Application components