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| Topics range from deployment bindings to deploying third party products. It | |
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| WebApp Provider, and Overlay Deployer.</p><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="anatomy-of-a-webapp"></a>Anatomy of a Web Application</h2></div></div></div><p>The standard Jetty distribution is capable of deploying standard | |
| Servlet Spec Web Applications, and Jetty internal ContextHandler deployment | |
| descriptors, or even a mix of the two.</p><p>Web Applications are deployable collections of dynamic (servlets, | |
| filters, jsps, etc..) and static content, support libraries, and descriptive | |
| metadata that are bound to a specific context path on Jetty.</p><p>Ultimately the format and layout are defined by the Servlet Spec, and | |
| you should consult the official Servlet Spec documentation for a more | |
| detailed understanding of Web Application layout and structure, however this | |
| will outline basics about how Jetty views these requirements.</p><p>Web Applications can be bundled into a single Web Archive (WAR file) | |
| or as a directory tree.</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><code class="filename">/WEB-INF/</code></span></dt><dd><p>Special Servlet API defined directory used to store anything | |
| related to the Web Application that are not part of the public access | |
| of the Web Application.</p><p>If you have content that is accessed by your Web Application | |
| internally, but that should also never be accessed directly by a web | |
| browser, this is the directory you would place them in.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="filename">/WEB-INF/web.xml</code></span></dt><dd><p><span class="bold"><strong>Required</strong></span> deployment descriptor | |
| defining various behavior of your Web Application.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="filename">/WEB-INF/classes/</code></span></dt><dd><p>Location for Web Application specific compiled java | |
| classes</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="filename">/WEB-INF/lib/</code></span></dt><dd><p>Directory for JAR files (libraries)</p></dd></dl></div><p>The Jetty internal WebAppClassloader will load classes from | |
| <code class="filename">/WEB-INF/classes/</code> first, then from jar files found in | |
| <code class="filename">/WEB-INF/lib/</code>.</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> | |
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