Hi, JARs and WARs and EARs, oh my ;) A WebApplicationArchive (WAR) contains the files for a web application, e.g. servlets, JSPs, static files (html, images, libraries, etc.) and so on, as well as that web application's deployment descriptor (web.xml).
An EAR typically contains more than a WAR in that it contains EJBs and their libraries, information, descriptors, etc. It may also contain other, server-specific deployment details. It is common for an EAR file to contain one or more WAR files. An EAR file will have the application descriptor, application.xml. Personally, I use Ant's WAR and EAR tasks to create those files. I'm sure other people have their favorites, as some IDEs have built-in support for this. Hope this helps, Yoav >-----Original Message----- >From: Brown Bay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 9:21 AM >To: Tomcat Users List >Subject: Distribution of production systems?? > >I have an application that is ready to ship and uses basically servlets and >JSPs. Our preferred system of choice is Tomcat/Apache, but there might be >scenarios where customers would like to choose Websphere or BEA or ..... In >this case we are considering packaging the application as a .war file and >sending this accross. > >I tried the .war file generated with BEA yesterday and it did not work , >but >the same war file worked with Websphere Studio. So my question is what are >the distribution methods that developers out there use to distribute their >web applications. > >2nd question is what are EAR files and how do they differ from WAR files. > >Thanks in advance. > >TP > >-- >To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
