Doubt in Packaging of Application

[vidya_jboss]

Hi Forum friends

I am a newbie in JBoss ,developing a Application in the JBoss IDE.I have packaged my whole application as a .ear file and deployed it.Now I have a second thought whether it is okay if i have a .ear file in the developnment time it self or to go for a exploded or a expanded form.Please tell me the pros and cons of both and packaging approach i should follow.

Thanks in Advance

Vidya.S

[jaikiran]

You can either go for archived ear or an exploded ear. Both will work. However as you mention that you will be using this in a development environment, i would suggest the exploded form since changing files in the exploded form is easier as compared to the archived form and also the redeployment of the application is easier.
Have a look at:

http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=ExplodedDeployment

http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=RedeployAnApplicationWhenChangeAFileInAnExplodedDeploymentDirectory

http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=DeployTipsAndBuildSampleScripts