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| <title outputclass="id_title">Exporting an enterprise application into an | |
| EAR file</title> | |
| <shortdesc outputclass="id_shortdesc">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.</shortdesc> | |
| <prolog><metadata> | |
| <keywords><indexterm>enterprise application projects<indexterm>exporting</indexterm></indexterm> | |
| <indexterm>EAR files<indexterm>exporting</indexterm></indexterm></keywords> | |
| </metadata></prolog> | |
| <taskbody outputclass="id_taskbody"> | |
| <context outputclass="id_context"> <p outputclass="anchor_topictop">To export | |
| an enterprise application project into an EAR file:</p></context> | |
| <steps outputclass="id_steps"> | |
| <step><cmd>In the J2EE perspective, click <menucascade><uicontrol>File</uicontrol> | |
| <uicontrol>Export</uicontrol></menucascade>.</cmd><stepresult>The Export window | |
| opens.</stepresult></step> | |
| <step><cmd>Under <uicontrol>Select an export destination</uicontrol>, click <menucascade> | |
| <uicontrol>J2EE</uicontrol><uicontrol>EAR file</uicontrol></menucascade>.</cmd> | |
| </step> | |
| <step><cmd>Click <uicontrol>Next</uicontrol>.</cmd></step> | |
| <step><cmd>In the <uicontrol>EAR application</uicontrol> list, select the | |
| enterprise application project you want to export.</cmd></step> | |
| <step><cmd>In the <uicontrol>Destination</uicontrol> field, enter the full | |
| path and EAR file name where you want to export the enterprise application | |
| project that is selected in the <uicontrol>EAR application</uicontrol> field.</cmd> | |
| </step> | |
| <step importance="optional"><cmd>To export source files, select the <uicontrol>Export | |
| source files</uicontrol> check box.</cmd></step> | |
| <step importance="optional"><cmd>If you are exporting to an existing EAR file | |
| and you do not want to be warned about overwriting it, select <uicontrol>Overwrite | |
| existing file</uicontrol>.</cmd></step> | |
| <step><cmd>Click <uicontrol>Finish</uicontrol>.</cmd></step> | |
| </steps> | |
| <result outputclass="id_result">The wizard exports the contents of the EAR | |
| project to the specified EAR file. Additionally, for each project that corresponds | |
| to a module or utility JAR in the application, the project contents are exported | |
| into a nested module or JAR file in the EAR file. If any unsaved changes exist | |
| on any of the files in any of the referenced projects, you are prompted to | |
| save these files prior to export.</result> | |
| <postreq outputclass="id_postreq"><p outputclass="anchor_topicbottom"></p></postreq> | |
| </taskbody> | |
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