To enable WebLogic to run Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation without creating an EAR, you must define an application in WebLogic with the appropriate settings and then configure your startup script to set up the CLASSPATH required by the application.
Setting up the application directory structure enables WebLogic to read from files directly rather than from the EAR file.
To configure WebLogic to run application in exploded mode:
Now you need to configure WebLogic as described subsequently. If you need further information, see the WebLogic documentation.
WebLogic must be configured to enable the server to read from the directory where the application_name.war file was extracted. The necessary steps for configuring WebLogic to run the application in exploded (non-EAR) mode for your development environment are given as follows.
Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation deployed in exploded mode works in the same way as the Solution deployed in EAR mode. There are no performance implications specific to exploded mode.
IBM® recommends the EAR mode of deployment in production. In case an application server hosts multiple applications, there is no interference for jars or classes across applications. This is because each application is packaged or deployed as a single EAR file isolated from other application packages (EARs). However, in exploded mode, the class that is first added to the classpath is always considered.