Why and when to perform this task
Before you can deploy your archive files onto an application server, you must assemble them in an enterprise application archive (EAR) file. This article describes how to create a Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) enterprise application project using the Assembly Toolkit. After you create an enterprise application project, you can add (import) archive files such as Web application archives (WAR), resource adapter archives (RAR), enterprise bean (EJB) JAR files, and application client archives (JAR) files.Steps for this task