>From Chris Pratt
> You don't have to un-jar the file, just open it with a JarReader or
> ZipReader and check for the appropriate Entry. It's not that complicated
> and anything we can do to keep new users from getting bogged down in the
> details is good for the technology and good for the mailing list. I, as
> Paul was saying, would recommend that the specification require a certain
> file format (zip) and internal directory structure (WEB-INF), and only
> suggest the naming convention.
Guess I should mention what probably isn't at all obvious :).
On Win32 (NT/95/98) you can write a shell extension handler to add context
menu entries and property sheets. This only need be done once (for the
entire planet :). When you right click on *.jar your context menu will say
"Open JAR", "Run Java Application", "Approve EJB" (or whatever). When you
pick "Properties" from the context menu the handler could add property
sheets (EJB attributes or whatever) as appropriate.
So a more specific file extension than *.jar is really *not* needed for
Windows.
Another way to look at this is a *.war or *.ejb is really a subclass of a
*.jar file. To be more exact they are all subclasses of *.zip :). By
changing the extension you are hiding that inheritance. Sometimes that's a
good thing :), but not in this case.
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