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how to deploy a EAR application in "exploded" mode ?

 
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1. Why some enterprise application is deployed in exploded mode instead of a single .ear ? what's the advantage of deploying it in exploded fashion ?

2. What configuration setting changes are required for exploded deployment (for example, application.xml, etc) ?

 
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Ben,
1) One "benefit" is that you can update an individual file without requiring a new ear. I use benefit in quotes because this is a mixed blessing. It's great for trying out a quick change. It's bad for configuration management when you are trying to go to a controlled environment or production.

2) It probably depends on the server. On some, the exploded ear is exactly the same - just unzip an existing ear.
 
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Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:Ben,

2) It probably depends on the server. On some, the exploded ear is exactly the same - just unzip an existing ear.



I am using Glass Fish and Sun Java System Application Server. Can I just simply unzip the .ear when I deploy to any of these two kinds of servers ? I thought in addition to unzip it there, we need to specify something differently in some configuration file, do we ?
 
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