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Use

In this document you can find the differences between the wizards for creating J2EE 1.4-compliant and Java EE 5-compliant enterprise applications in the Developer Studio. They are both created using the Enterprise Application (EAR) projects wizard but with different project facets for each version.

Procedure

Creating an EAR

  1. Choose the New pushbutton.

  2. Select Start of the navigation path Java EE Next navigation step Enterprise Application Project End of the navigation path, then choose Next .

  3. In the EAR version field, select 1.4 .

  4. Specify the desired additional settings.

  5. (Optional) To configure the project facets, choose Modify in the Configuration area.

    You can Create SAP JMS resources descriptor or add SAP Application Library Container , SAP Data Source , or SAP Data Source Aliases Provider Module facets. Choose OK .

    Note

    You can change the project facets later at any time by choosing Start of the navigation path Properties Next navigation step Project Facets End of the navigation path in the project context menu.

  6. In the Target Runtime field, select SAP Libraries . This automatically sets the necessary libraries for building the project as specified in the Configuration field.

  7. Choose Finish .

For more information, see Creating Enterprise Application Projects .

Editing Deployment Descriptors

When you create an Enterprise Application project, the Developer Studio automatically creates both application.xml and application-j2ee-engine.xml . You can use the multipage editor for editing the deployment descriptors to configure your enterprise applications.

For more information, see application-j2ee-engine.xsd .