AvalonDeployables

Summary of archive structures for Avalon Deployables:

Pheonix .sar file: Used to deploy a phoenix block.
{{{    myblock.sar 
          /SAR-INF 
              assembly.xml 
              config.xml 
              environment.xml 
          /lib 
              myblock.jar 
              dependency.jar 

Merlin .jar blocks: {{{ myblock.jar

• /BLOCK-INF
  • block.xml
  /[packaged classes] }}}

Fortress .jar (containing meta-info) {{{ myapp.jar

• /services.list /META-INF
  • /services
    • my.class.Name
  /[packaged classes] }}}

EOB (not official Avalon, but runs under phoenix) {{{ mybean.eob

• /application.xml /beans
  • mybean.jar
  /common
  • dependency.jar }}}

where mybean.jar = {{{ mybean.jar

• /EOB-INF
  • beans.xml
  /[packaged classes] }}}

Standard J2EE deployables

WAR: Web Application Resource {{{ mywebapp.war

• /WEB-INF
  • web.xml /classes /servlets /lib /...
  /index.html /... }}}

EAR: Enterprise Application Resource {{{ myapplication.ear

• /META-INF }}}
  • application.xml
  • /webapp.war /ejb1.jar /ejb2.jar /dependency.jar

• }}}