The unit of deployment to the broker is the broker
archive or bar file.
The bar file is a zip-format file which can contain a number of different
files:
- A .cmf file for each message flow. This is a compiled
version of the message flow. You can have any number of these files within
your bar file.
- A .dictionary file for each message set dictionary.
You can have any number of these files within your bar file.
- A broker.xml file. This file is called the broker
deployment descriptor. You can have only one of these files within
your bar file. This file, in XML format, resides in the META-INF folder
of the zip file and can be modified using a text editor or shell script.
- Any number of XML files(.xml) and style sheets (.xsl files)
for use with the XMLTransformation node.
- As a zip-format archive, the broker archive file can also contain any
additional files you need. For example, you might want to include Java source
files for future reference.