The Web Component Wizard helps you create a web component, a Web ARchive (.WAR) file, and a from the information that you enter in the first four screens of the wizard. You begin with a servlet class or a JSP file. It bundles the web component into the Web Archive (.WAR) file and prepares it for deployment on the server according to the settings in the generated deployment descriptor.
In addition to the creation of new web components and WAR files, the Web Component Wizard offers additional screens for providing settings and configuration parameters for the created elements. These settings and parameters may also be conveniently provided by selecting a created file or component in the file view of the Deploytool and selecting the appropriate tab to access similar functionality in a tabbed pane.
Already created WARs and web components may be added to an application by using the WAR button in the second group of buttons on the tool bar of the primary screen of the DeployTool. Updating and deployment of the application are accomplished using the third set of buttons on the tool bar. Finally, the correctness of the components and files of the application may be checked before deployment by the verifier and clone inspector buttons on the tool bar.
At any point while using the Wizard, the user may do any of the following:
The later screens of the Wizard offer the user the options to
After Finish has been clicked, the deployment descriptor may be reviewed at any time by selecting the web component or WAR file from the Deploytool tree and choosing Descriptor View from the Tools menu.