You can assemble a web services-enabled web application archive (WAR) file into an enterprise archive (EAR) file with an assembly tool.
You can assemble Java-based web services modules with assembly tools provided with WebSphere® Application Server.
Assemble a web services-enabled WAR file into an EAR file using the steps provided in this task section.
In the following example, there is an application.xml deployment descriptor packaged with a web services-enabled JAR file called AddressBook.jar that is packaged into an EAR file called AddressBook.ear. The EAR file contains:
META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
META-INF/application.xml
AddressBook.war
An example of the application.xml deployment descriptor is as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE application PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD J2EE Application 1.3//EN"
"http://java.sun.com/dtd/application_1_3.dtd">
<application id="Application_ID">
<display-name>AddressBook</display-name>
<description>AddressBook Example from Java bean</description>
<module id="WebModule_1">
<web>
<web-uri>AddressBook.war</web-uri>
<context-root>/AddressBook</context-root>
</web>
</module>
</application>