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| <title>Importing an enterprise application EAR file</title> |
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| <h1 class="topictitle1">Importing an enterprise application EAR file</h1> |
| <div><p>Enterprise application projects are deployed into EAR files. You |
| can import an enterprise application project by importing it from a deployed |
| EAR file.</p> |
| <div class="section"> <p>You can also choose to import utility JAR files as utility Java™ projects. |
| You can also use the wizard to change the new project names for the EAR file |
| and modules that will be imported.</p> |
| <p>To import an EAR file using the wizard:</p> |
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| <ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>In the J2EE perspective, click <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">File</span> > <span class="uicontrol">Import</span></span>. The Import window opens.</span></li> |
| <li class="stepexpand"><span>Click <span class="uicontrol">EAR file</span>.</span></li> |
| <li class="stepexpand"><span>Click <span class="uicontrol">Next</span>.</span></li> |
| <li class="stepexpand"><span>Specify the following general options for the EAR import:</span> <ol type="a"><li><span><span class="uicontrol">EAR file</span>: Enter the full path for the |
| EAR file that you want to import. You can click <span class="uicontrol">Browse</span> to |
| select the EAR file from the file system.</span></li> |
| <li><span><span class="uicontrol">EAR project</span>: type a name for the enterprise |
| application project that will be created when you import the EAR file.</span></li> |
| <li><span><span class="uicontrol">Target runtime</span>: Select the application |
| server that you want to target for your development. This selection affects |
| the runtime settings by modifying the class path entries for the project.</span></li> |
| </ol> |
| </li> |
| <li class="stepexpand"><span>Click <span class="uicontrol">Next</span>, and complete the following steps:</span><ol type="a"><li><span>On the Enterprise Application Import page, select any utility |
| JAR files from the project that you want to import as utility projects.</span></li> |
| <li><span>In the <span class="uicontrol">Module Root Location field</span>, specify |
| the root directory for all of the projects that will be imported or created |
| during import.</span></li> |
| </ol> |
| </li> |
| <li class="stepexpand"><span>Click <span class="uicontrol">Next</span>.</span></li> |
| <li class="stepexpand"><span>On the EAR Module and Utility JAR Projects page of the wizard, |
| select the projects that you want to import with the EAR file. Also, you can |
| edit the new project name for each module and utility project to be imported.</span> <div class="tip"><span class="tiptitle">Tip:</span> The selection buttons on this page can help you select |
| the projects to import when you are importing for partial EAR development. |
| For example, if you are importing to a workspace where some projects are attached |
| to a repository and other projects are in binary form, these buttons help |
| you make the proper selections for which projects to import:<ul><li><span class="uicontrol">Select New</span>: Selects the projects that are currently |
| not in your workspace.</li> |
| <li><span class="uicontrol">Select All</span>: Selects all projects for import.</li> |
| <li><span class="uicontrol">Deselect All</span>: Clears all module and utility projects |
| for import.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </div> |
| </li> |
| <li class="stepexpand"><span>Click <span class="uicontrol">Finish</span> to import the contents of the |
| EAR file.</span></li> |
| </ol> |
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| <div class="familylinks"> |
| <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="../topics/ph-importexport.html" title="These topics cover how to import files and projects into the workbench and export files and projects to disk.">Importing and exporting projects and files</a></div> |
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| <div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br /> |
| <div><a href="../topics/cjarch.html" title="The Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) provides a standard for developing multitier, enterprise services.">J2EE architecture</a></div> |
| <div><a href="../topics/cjearproj.html" title="An enterprise application project contains the hierarchy of resources that are required to deploy a J2EE enterprise application, often referred to as an EAR file.">Enterprise application projects</a></div> |
| <div><a href="../topics/cjcircle.html">Cyclical dependencies between J2EE modules</a></div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="reltasks"><strong>Related tasks</strong><br /> |
| <div><a href="../topics/tjexpear.html" title="Enterprise applications are deployed in the form of an EAR file. Use the Export wizard to export an enterprise application project into an EAR file for deployment.">Exporting an enterprise application into an EAR file</a></div> |
| <div><a href="../topics/tjcircleb.html" title="You can resolve cyclical dependencies after an EAR is imported.">Correcting cyclical dependencies after an EAR is imported</a></div> |
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