-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 01:28:16AM +1000, James wrote: > Hi, > > I have read the documentation for writing web applications and distributing > them in WAR files, but now I am just more confused than ever. I'm looking > for a simple step by step tutorial on making WAR archives and making them > redistributable. > > I know this so far: > - Directory structure; WEB-INF, WEB-INF/classes, etc and what they are used > for
do you also know about the web.xml that is supposed to go into web-inf? > So now I need to know, what are the basic steps to make a very simple, > almost HelloWord.war type of application? How do I write an application > descriptor, and what do I do with it to make an application WAR file? What > are all the references to asking an administrator to assign a context path? > (I have no administrator, only my home computer and myself!) let's say you are working in ~/src/myapp which contains the dir structure you describe above. all you need to do is execute the following command in ~/src/myapp: jar cvf myapp.war * then proceed to copy the war file to however many tomcats you want. that's it in its simplest form. if you then want to do some neater stuff, you need to look into how the web.xml file is structured. it basically defines your web app and what happens where. it is really beyond the scope of a single email. creating the war file is always the same. > Thanks, welcome. - -- Peter Abplanalp Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP: pgp.mit.edu -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9b5NTggA8sH0iRXQRArVaAKCRlTJBYAidxf3fmHS4z95KQQBAIwCcDCGk n0vaUtmoJNZYWPPJjI76jbY= =oJfH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
