Friday 7 December 2007

Deployment Descriptor Editing

Changing the deployment descriptor of a J2EE application takes effect only when the application is redeployed. The WebLogic admin console provides a way to change some deployment descriptor attributes without redeploying the application. To take advantage of this feature, you must to deploy the application in exploded directory structure (non-archived format), when the domain is running in development mode.
To change descriptor values of the application after deployment (as exploded format) go to Web Application Module > Your Application > Configuration tab > Descriptor tab.

Tips

1. Use tools provided with WebLogic Server to generate and edit XML deployment descriptors.

2. WebLogic Builder generates descriptors; it includes an interface for editing descriptors.

3. DDInit is a command-line utility for generating deployment descriptors for WebLogic Server applications.

4. ddcreate is an Ant task that can be used for creating deployment descriptors for enterprise applications.

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