The Application Deployment Tool enables you to build and deploy J2EE
applications. You perform these tasks by selecting items from the menu
toolbar.
As you build an application, you can view its components in the tree and
inspector panes.
The Menu Bar
Use the File menu to:
Create new enterprise applications and components.
Open existing enterprise applications.
Add existing components to existing enterprise applications.
Save enterprise applications and components.
Copy enterprise applications and components by choosing Save As..
Update enterprise applications. If you make changes to your application,
you do not need to re-package it: you simply choose "Update Application". You
cannot update an archive created with versions of the Application Deployment
Tool prior to 1.2.1 because this archive does not store information about the
origin of its contents.
Close an enterprise application.
Exit the Application Deployment Tool.
Use the Edit menu to:
Cut, Copy or Paste information from the fields in the inspector panes.
Create another window for the inspector panes by choosing Clone Inspector.
Use the Server Menu to:
Add a server to the list in the Servers field. After adding
a server, you can deploy on application onto it.
Remove the currently selected server from the list
in the Servers field.
Use the Tools Menu to:
Deploy an enterprise application to a server.
Update and Redeploy an application. If you make changes to your deployed
application, you do not need to re-package and redeploy it: you simply
choose "Update & Redeploy Application" from the Tools menu. You cannot update
an archive created with versions of the Application Deployment Tool
prior to 1.2.1 because this archive does not store information about the
origin of its contents.
Edit Security Roles. You can add
to an application so that all components contained in the
application can map their
to the security role names.
Verify that a component or an enterprise application conforms to the
J2EE specifications.
View the of a packaged component. To view a component's deployment
descriptor, select the component from the tree and choose Descriptor Viewer
from the Tools menu. You cannot edit the deployment
descriptor from the viewer: you can only edit it in the component's inspector
panes.
Use the Help Menu to:
View online help for the Application Deployment Tool. To view online
help while using a wizard, click one of the Help buttons in the wizard. To
view online help for an inspector pane, select the pane and press the F1
key.
Obtain more information about this version of the Application Deployment
Tool.
The Tree View
In the panel labelled "Local Application", a tree structure representing
your enterprise applications and their components is displayed. As you create
enterprise applications and components, they automatically appear in
the tree.
The Inspector Panes
When you select an enterprise application or component in the tree, it's
inspector panes are displayed in the panel labelled "Inspecting:". The
inspector panes allow you to edit some of the settings of the enterprise
application or component that you selected in the tree. To view online help
for an inspector pane, select the pane and press the F1 key.
Servers Panel
The Servers panel displays the J2EE servers that are running. If a
server appears in this list, you can deploy your enterprise application onto
it.
To check if any enterprise applications are deployed on a particular server,
select the server from the list. Any enterprise applications deployed on the
server will be displayed in the Server Applications panel.