[Version 5.0.2 and later]Application assembly and J2EE applications

Application assembly is the process of creating an enterprise archive (EAR) file containing all files related to an application, as well as an XML deployment descriptor for the application. This configuration and packaging prepares the application for deployment onto an application server.

EAR files are comprised of the following archives:

Ensure that modules are contained in an EAR file so that they can be deployed onto the server. The exceptions are WAR modules, which you can deploy individually. Although WAR modules can contain regular JAR files, they cannot contain the other module types described previously.

The assembly process includes the following actions:


Related tasks
Assembling applications with the Assembly Toolkit
Related reference
Archive support in Version 5.0
Related topics
Application Server API



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Last updated: Jun 21, 2007 9:56:50 PM CDT    WebSphere Application Server for z/OS, Version 5.0.2
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