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| <h1 class="topictitle1">Web archive (WAR) files</h1> |
| <div><p>A Web application is a group of HTML pages, JSP pages, servlets, resources and source |
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| file, which can be managed as a single unit. A Web archive (WAR) file is a |
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| packaged Web application. WAR files can be used to import a Web application |
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| into a Web server.</p> |
| <p>In addition to project resources, the WAR file includes a Web deployment |
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| descriptor file. The Web deployment descriptor is an XML file that contains |
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| deployment information, MIME types, session configuration details, and other |
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| settings for a Web application. The Web deployment descriptor file (<span class="filepath">web.xml</span>) |
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| provides information about the WAR file is shared with the developers, assemblers, |
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| and deployers in a J2EE environment.</p> |
| <div class="p">The Web development environment provides facilities for importing and exporting |
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| WAR files, using the following wizards: <ul><li><span>Import Resources from a WAR File</span>, which requires that you to |
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| specify a Web project. You can use existing projects or create them as you |
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| use the wizard.</li> |
| <li><span>Export Resources to a WAR File</span>, which requires only an export |
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| location and some optional settings</li> |
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| <div><p><b class="relconceptshd">Related concepts</b><br /> |
| <a href="ccwtover.html" title="">Web application overview</a><br /> |
| <a href="cwebdevelopmenttools.html" title="">Web development tools</a><br /> |
| <a href="ccwebprj.html" title="">Dynamic Web projects and applications</a><br /> |
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| <p><b class="reltaskshd">Related tasks</b><br /> |
| <a href="twimpwar.html">Importing Web archive (WAR) files</a><br /> |
| <a href="twcrewar.html">Exporting Web archive (WAR) files</a><br /> |
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