Create a WAR file.
Information
The WAR (Web Application Archive) file contains a web application and has a specific
directory structure. The top-level directory of a WAR is the document root of
the application. The document root is where JSP pages, client-side classes and
archives, and static web resources (e.g.: *.html, *.js, *.css, images etc.) are stored.
The document root contains a subdirectory called WEB-INF, which contains the
following files and directories:
- The web application deployment descriptor file (web.xml)
- Tag library files (*.tld)
- The directory classes, contains server-side classes (servlet, utility classes, JavaBeans components etc) and properties files.
- The directory lib, contains JAR archives (tag libraries and any utility libraries called by server-side classes).
Operating system used
Windows XP Home Edition Version 5.1 SP 2
Software prerequisites
Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) SDK, version 1.3 or higher.
Procedure
- Create the following directory structure:
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c:\demo_app
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This directory is called the document root and contains static web resources:
*.html, *.jsp, *.css, *.js, images etc.
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c:\demo_app\WEB-INF
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The WEB-INF is required and it contains a web application deployment descriptor file (web.xml).
If you have tag library files you should put it here.
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c:\demo_app\WEB-INF\classes
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Put your server-side classes (servlet, utility classes, JavaBeans components etc.)
and properties files in this directory.
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c:\demo_app\WEB-INF\lib
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Put your jar files (tag libraries, utility libraries called by server-side classes etc) in this directory.
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- To package the demo_app directory into a single file:
- Open a dos window
- Type: cd c:\demo_app
- Type: jar cvf demo_app.war .
Note: You can give this war file any name you want, for example:
jar cvf anothername.war .
- The demo_app.war can be found in c:\demo_app.
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