The free-form configuration allows you to create or drop
your J2EE artifacts or module files into a free-form project directory. J2EE
artifacts can include the source, annotated-source, or class files of servlets,
JavaServer Pages (JSP) files, static Web content, Web filters, Web listeners,
enterprise beans, and other generic files. The rapid deployment tools automatically
place your artifacts in the appropriate J2EE project structure, generate any
additional required artifacts to construct a J2EE compliant application, and
deploy that application on a target server.
Restriction: You
can use the rapid deployment tools for packaging applications at J2EE 1.3
or 1.4 specification-levels. However, the rapid deployment tools do not support
Java EE 5.0 nor J2EE 1.2 specification-level.
Steps
To
construct a J2EE application from artifacts: