Enterprise applications are Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications that can be deployed onto an application server. Enterprise applications are projects comprised of enterprise bean modules, Web modules, connector modules, application client modules, or JAR files containing dependent classes or other components required by the application. Enterprise applications are called EAR files because enterprise application projects are stored in enterprise archive (EAR) files.
Before you begin
This article assumes that you have created and unit tested code artifacts that you want to assemble in an enterprise application and deploy onto an application server. A deployable enterprise application can consist of the following code artifacts:Why and when to perform this task
Before you can deploy your archive files onto an application server, you must assemble them in a J2EE enterprise application. This article describes how to create an enterprise application archive (EAR) file using the Application Server Toolkit or Rational Web Developer assembly tools.Creating an enterprise application in an assembly tool consists of the following:
Steps for this task
Result
Files for the enterprise application are shown in the Project Explorer view under Enterprise Application.What to do next
Verify the contents of the new enterprise application in either of the following ways:Related concepts
Web applications
Enterprise (J2EE) applications
Related tasks
Assembling applications
Related information
Importing WAR files
Importing client applications
Importing EJB files
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