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| It also includes information about the Deployment Manager and WebApp Provider.</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 the official Servlet Spec documentation should be consulted 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 class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">/WEB-INF/</code></span></dt><dd>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. |
| If there is content that is accessed by a Web Application internally, but that should also never be accessed directly by a web browser, this is the directory it would placed in.</dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">/WEB-INF/web.xml</code></span></dt><dd><span class="strong"><strong>Required</strong></span> deployment descriptor defining various behavior of the Web Application.</dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">/WEB-INF/classes/</code></span></dt><dd>Location for Web Application specific compiled java classes</dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">/WEB-INF/lib/</code></span></dt><dd>Directory for JAR files (libraries)</dd></dl></div><p>The Jetty internal <code class="literal">WebAppClassloader</code> will load classes from <code class="literal">/WEB-INF/classes/</code> first, then from jar files found in <code class="literal">/WEB-INF/lib/</code>.</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> |
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