> I'd have to agree with you on the proliferation of extensions for the same
> file format. So far we have zip, jar, ear, and war. How many do we really
> need. I can see the distinction between zip and jar, the jar extension
> indicates that the program should look for the special contents. But the
> ear and war files should just be additional manifest entries IMHO.
By your logic, I don't see the distinction between zip and jar -- its
the same format internally. Only the META-INF directory is different. By
that logic, they should all be .zip files as the META-INF gives enough
information.
Obviously this isn't useful as being able to double click on a jar file
and launch an included app is a good thing. Being able to double click
on a war file and have your servlet/web-app development tool open it up
is a good thing. File extensions, especially on Windows, are the
differentiator between file types and what should be done with them.
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