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I have a Java EE web application that does not make use of EJBs. I am targeting Jetty/Tomcat for deployment some of the time and thus need a WAR packaging. However, I am also target JBoss and Websphere some of the time.
My understanding is that full-blown Java EE application servers can take either EAR or WAR formats. When would I use one over the other and why? I understand they are both standard compressed file formats and I have read 10 different snippets that try to explain them (including this one), but am no closer to understanding the pros and cons of each.
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An EAR file requires a fully Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE)- or Jakarta Enterprise Edition (EE)-compliant application server, such as WebSphere or JBoss, to run. A WAR file only requires a Java EE Web Profile-compliant application server to run, and a JAR file only requires a Java installation.
ear. A WAR file is a specialized JAR file containing Web application components such as servlets, JSP files, HTML files, deployment descriptors, utility JAR files, etc. A WAR file can be deployed to a Web server such as Tomcat.
In software engineering, a WAR file (Web Application Resource or Web application ARchive) is a file used to distribute a collection of JAR-files, JavaServer Pages, Java Servlets, Java classes, XML files, tag libraries, static web pages (HTML and related files) and other resources that together constitute a web ...
EJB components are packaged into modules as jar files and are packaged into application enterprise archive as ear file. There are majorly three components of any enterprise application − jar − Java Application aRchive, containing EJB modules, EJB client modules and utility modules.
If you have only web modules - use WAR file. If you have different Java EE modules - use EAR. Though you can deliver only web modules in EAR - there is no point in doing this (and you will need to do more complex deployment configuration)
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