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.
To deploy XML, XSL, and JAR files inside a broker archive, the connected Configuration Manager and target broker must be Version 6.0 or later.