EAR Configuration
Purpose
You create J2EE applications from Enterprise projects. When the J2EE application of a project is ready, it is packed in an enterprise archive (EAR) file. The EAR file contains two deployment descriptors: application.xml and application-j2ee-engine.xml.The deployment descriptors specify the properties of the complete J2EE application. You can configure the J2EE application using the deployment descriptors.
The deployment descriptor application.xml describes the standard J2EE properties of the complete application. For the document type definition (DTD), see the J2EE 1.3 specification. The deployment descriptor application-j2ee-engine.xml contains additional entries specific to the J2EE Engine. The DTD for this descriptor is application-j2ee-engine.dtd.
Process Flow
Both deployment descriptors are automatically generated when you create an Enterprise project. For more information, see Creating Enterprise Projects. They are also automatically updated in the project each time changes are made to the project.
You can further edit the deployment descriptors using the multipage editor. For more information, see:
Editing application-j2ee.engine.xml