Portal Applications 

A Portal Runtime application defines a collection of portal objects, which are of two types:

●      Portal Component: Produces HTML output to be displayed in an iView in the portal, and is triggered by an HTTP request, as described in Components.

●      Portal Service: Provides a service, that is, some sort of processing but is not bound to a specific HTTP request, as described in Services.

An application is a set of files – java classes, HTML, JSP and others – that define a set of components and services. The files are bundled and zipped into a single file with the extension .par. Such a file is known as a PAR file. Portal administrators upload PAR files in order to make the enclosed components and services available.

For more information on how a PAR file is constructed, see PAR Files.

Creating Portal Applications

Use the NetWeaver Developer Studio to create a portal application project and to deploy the project as a PAR file to a portal.

For more information, see Enterprise Portal Perspective in NetWeaver Developer Studio.