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