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 standard WAR file, which is bundled and zipped into an EAR file, which can be deployed to the server.

For more information on how the files in the application are organized, see Portal Application Project.

For more information on creating portal application projects, see Creating a Portal Application.