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  <h1>RWT Standalone</h1>
  <p>
    It is possible to use RAP without OSGi. In that case RWT is used like normal Java library.
    It is recommended to use the <a href="http://eclipse.org/rap/downloads/" >RAP Tooling</a>
    for developing RWT applications. Though it is not strictly necessary to use the tooling, it
    eases development with a launch configuration tailored for RWT applications and documentation.
  </p>

  <h2>Create and launch the application</h2>
  <p>
    Follow the steps outlined below and you will have a simple web application up and running in a
    few minutes.
  </p>
  <ul>
    <li>
      Create a <em class="UiLabel">Java Project</em> (or a <em class="UiLabel">Plug-in Project</em>
       if you prefer, and are familiar with plug-in development)
    </li>
    <li>
      Configure the project to match the layout of a web application. You may skip or postpone
      this step if you are using RAP Tooling to launch the application. The layout is necessary
      if you want to deploy the project as a WAR.
      <ul>
        <li>
          Create the three folders: <em>WEB-INF</em>, <em>WEB-INF/lib</em>,
          <em>WEB-INF/classes</em>
        </li>
        <li> Change the projects' output folder to <em>WEB-INF/classes</em>. </li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li>
      Copy the <em>org.eclipse.rap.rwt_*</em> jar from the
      <a href="http://eclipse.org/rap/downloads/">RAP Runtime</a> into the <em>WEB-INF/lib</em>
      folder and add it to the projects' build path. The <em>org.eclipse.rap.rwt.source_*</em>
      jar contains the RWT source code. To be able to browse the sources and read JavaDoc, specify
      this jar as the<em class="UiLabel">
      <a href="http://help.eclipse.org/kepler/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.jdt.doc.user%2Freference%2Fref-properties-source-attachment.htm">
        Source Attachment
      </a></em>
    </li>
    <li> Implement an
    <em><a href="../reference/api/org/eclipse/rap/rwt/application/EntryPoint.html">EntryPoint</a></em>
    like below:
<pre class="lang-java">
public class HelloWorld extends AbstractEntryPoint {
  public void createContents( Composite parent ) {
    Label label = new Label( parent, SWT.NONE );
    label.setText( "Hello RAP World" );
  }
}</pre>
    </li>
  </ul>
  <p>
    With the RAP Tooling installed, you can already launch your HelloWorld application.
    To do so, select the <em>HelloWorld</em> class (i.e. in the
    <em class="UiLabel">Package Explorer</em>) and choose
    <em class="UiLabel">Run As</em> &gt; <em class="UiLabel">RWT Application</em> from the context menu.
  </p>

  <h2 id="deploy">Deploying</h2>
  <p>
    If you wish to deploy your application on an external servlet engine, or if you need a
    deployment descriptor for other reasons, or you haven't installed the RAP Tooling, a few
    more steps are required to run the application.
  </p>
  <ul>
    <li> Place a deployment descriptor (<em>web.xml</em>) in the <em>WEB-INF</em> folder
    with the content below:
<pre  class="lang-xml">
&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?&gt;
&lt;web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd"
  version="2.4"&gt;

  &lt;context-param&gt;
    &lt;param-name&gt;org.eclipse.rap.applicationConfiguration&lt;/param-name&gt;
    &lt;param-value&gt;com.example.HelloWorldConfiguration&lt;/param-value&gt;
  &lt;/context-param&gt;

  &lt;listener&gt;
    &lt;listener-class&gt;org.eclipse.rap.rwt.engine.RWTServletContextListener&lt;/listener-class&gt;
  &lt;/listener&gt;

  &lt;servlet&gt;
    &lt;servlet-name&gt;rwtServlet&lt;/servlet-name&gt;
    &lt;servlet-class&gt;org.eclipse.rap.rwt.engine.RWTServlet&lt;/servlet-class&gt;
  &lt;/servlet&gt;

  &lt;servlet-mapping&gt;
    &lt;servlet-name&gt;rwtServlet&lt;/servlet-name&gt;
    &lt;url-pattern&gt;/hello&lt;/url-pattern&gt;
  &lt;/servlet-mapping&gt;
&lt;/web-app&gt; </pre>
    </li>
    <li>
      Provide an <a href="application-configuration.html">application configuration</a>
      to configure your application like shown below:
  <pre  class="lang-java">
public class HelloWorldConfiguration implements ApplicationConfiguration {
  public void configure( Application application ) {
    application.addEntryPoint( "/hello", HelloWorld.class, null );
  }
}</pre>
    </li>
    <li>
      Again you can use the RAP Tooling to launch the application from the just created
      <em>web.xml</em>. To do so, create a new <em class="UiLabel">RWT Launch Configuration</em>
      and select <q><em class="UiLabel">Run from web.xml</em></q>.
      Enter the location of the <em>web.xml</em> file and specify <q><em>hello</em></q> as the
      servlet path.
    </li>
  </ul>
  <p>
    You may also find the <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/JFace">JFace</a> components
    useful. In order to use them from RWT standalone, you will need to add the following jars from
    the <a href="http://eclipse.org/rap/downloads/">RAP Runtime</a>:
  </p>
  <ul>
    <li> <em>org.eclipse.rap.jface</em></li>
    <li> <em>org.eclipse.core.runtime</em></li>
    <li> <em>org.eclipse.core.commands</em></li>
    <li> <em>org.eclipse.equinox.common</em></li>
  </ul>

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