13.2 Packaging using the Application Server Toolkit

New in V6.1: The Application Server Toolkit shipped with V6.1 is now a full-blown integrated development environment (IDE). It can be used to build, test, and deploy J2EE applications on a WAS V6.1 environment (but not on any previous release). It has support for all J2EE artifacts supported by WAS V6.1, such as servlets, JSPs, EJBs, XML, Web services, and so on, and includes support for developing Java 5.0 applications.

To illustrate packaging techniques, we will import the source code for the Plants by WebSphere into the Application Server Toolkit, build it, and go through the various aspects of packaging an application for deployment. The application can then be exported as an EAR file for deployment.

The samples must be selected for installation during the WebSphere install. If you have installed the samples, the source code can be found in <was_home>\samples\src\PlantsByWebSphere.