3 Replies Latest reply on Mar 14, 2005 2:59 PM by fernir

jboss-web.xml? MVC Application as Portlet

karanmg Mar 14, 2005 12:18 PM

Whats the purpose of jboss-web.xml and jboss-service.xml?
Are they required to be in the war (even though they don't hold any significant content) for a portlet to work?

I want to write an MVC application which will run inside a portlet.
So what's the difference in content between jboss-web.xml and web.xml?

Thanks,
Karan

1. Re: jboss-web.xml? MVC Application as Portlet

julien1 Mar 14, 2005 12:25 PM (in response to karanmg)

no they are not required.

jboss-service.xml is used for the portal only and jboss-web.xml is here to give additional infos about the web app (like security infos or database resources)
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2. Re: jboss-web.xml? MVC Application as Portlet

karanmg Mar 14, 2005 12:46 PM (in response to karanmg)

okay.
Thanks.
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3. Re: jboss-web.xml? MVC Application as Portlet

fernir Mar 14, 2005 2:59 PM (in response to karanmg)

web.xml - is a standard war deployment descriptor that maintains all the information about your web application (servlets, mappings, and initialization). For more info about web.xml consult Java TN Servlet specification (for version 2.4 look into SRV.A and SRV.B)

jboss-web.xml - is a vendor specific (jboss) web application deployment descriptor, that allows you to specify additional information (context path). You can get additional info at: http://www.huihoo.com/jboss/online_manual/3.0/ch07s22.html

The configuration files you should care about are portlet.xml (standard JSR 168 defined portlet deployment descriptor) and jboss-portlet.xml (vendor specific deployment descriptor extension)
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