Migrating the specification level of J2EE projects
The J2EE Migration Wizard supports the migration from both the J2EE 1.2 and 1.3 specifications to the J2EE 1.4 specification level for all J2EE module types.
About this task
Refer to J2EE 1.3 to 1.4 specification level migration and J2EE 1.2 to 1.4 specification level migration for details on the migration of J2EE 1.3 and 1.2 specification level artifacts to J2EE 1.4 specification level.
Note: Before using the
J2EE Migration
Wizard, it is strongly recommended that you take the following steps:
- Backup your entire workspace.
- If you are working with a shared repository, check out or lock all corresponding projects.
The J2EE Migration Wizard can be accessed as follows:
Procedure
- In the Project Explorer view of the J2EE perspective, right-click the enterprise application project that you want to migrate.
- Select from the pop-up menu.
- Follow the instructions on the J2EE Migration Wizard Welcome Page before proceeding with the migration process.
What to do next
- Migration of secure Web services (J2EE 1.3 to 1.4) requires manual migration of the secure binding and extension files. Refer to Migrating secure Web services for details.
- Migrating Enterprise JavaBeans projects (EJB 1.1 to EJB 2.1) requires manual steps. Refer to Migrating Enterprise JavaBeans projects (EJB 1.1 to EJB 2.x) for details.
Refer to J2EE 1.3 to 1.4 specification level migration and J2EE 1.2 to 1.4 specification level migration for details on the changes to J2EE 1.3 and 1.2 specification level artifacts when they are migrated to J2EE 1.4.