The following represents all the "well-known" files you will encounter during plugin development.

Links are povided to the pages where the file is discussed.

plugin xyz Links to definition/explaination
src/ source files
src/net/refractions/udig/xyz API package
src/net/refractions/udig/xyz/XYZPlugin.java plugin resource and lifecycle management
src/net/refractions/udig/xyz/XYZPlugin.properties option 1 for internationlization
src/net/refractions/udig/xyz/ISharedImages.java Constants to retrive shared images
src/net/refractions/udig/xyz/internal Non API package
src/net/refractions/udig/xyz/internal/IHelpContextIds.java constants used for context sensitve help
src/net/refractions/udig/xyz/internal/IImageConstants.java Constants used to retrive images
src/net/refractions/udig/xyz/internal/Images.java Manages images for plugin class
src/net/refractions/udig/xyz/internal/Messages.java option 2 for internationlization
src/net/refractions/udig/xyz/internal/Messages.properties text for internationlization
src/net/refractions/udig/xyz/internal/Policy.java option 3 for internationlization
src/net/refractions/udig/xyz/examples Non API package
src/net/refractions/udig/xyz/tests Non-API package
bin/ - don't add to svn generated class files
doc/ - don't add to svn generated schema doc files
doc/xyz_schema.xml generated schema doc files
html/ online help
html/aHtmlDocument.html an online help page
/icons/dlcl16/ disabled local toolbar
/icons/dtool16/ disabled toolbar
/icons/dview16/ disabled view
/icons/elcl16/ enabled local toolbar
/icons/etool16/ enabled toolbar
/icons/eview16/ enabled view
/icons/obj16/ model object
/icons/ovr16/ overlay
/icons/wizban/ wizard banner
plugin.xml plugin manifest file
plugin.properties plugin manifest internationalization
build.xml generated ant export script
build.properties describes src, and export contents
.classpath generated plug-in classpath information
.project plug-in project file
toc.xml table of contents for the top level book
tocSubject.xml table of contents for subject
contexts.xml Maps context Ids to context-sensitve help
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