Web archive(WAR) and enterprise archive(EAR) files.
Are they a standard now (used in industry commonly)or are they just specific to IBM Websphere...and IBM products ?
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WAR and EAR files .. are they a standard now? (2 messages)
- Posted by: priyanka shah
- Posted on: October 15 2002 09:42 EDT
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- WAR and EAR files .. are they a standard now? by Andy Bowes on October 15 2002 10:43 EDT
- WAR and EAR files .. are they a standard now? by Ferhat SAVCI on October 15 2002 15:23 EDT
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WAR and EAR files .. are they a standard now?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Andy Bowes
- Posted on: October 15 2002 10:43 EDT
- in response to priyanka shah
They are a J2EE standard used industry wide. -
WAR and EAR files .. are they a standard now?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Ferhat SAVCI
- Posted on: October 15 2002 15:23 EDT
- in response to priyanka shah
Yes and no. :-) :-(
The archive format is standard (JAR format).
What you have to put in them is defined (up to a point) in the J2EE specs, so some base standard there, too, but, every vendor has that something extra in them. This is why porting enterprise applications across app servers is a big issue.
So, IBM WebSphere supports WAR and EAR as per the standards but also requires some IBM specific files in them.