Portable Naming

The Java EE 6 specification defines the portable application-name, which allows you to specify an application name in the application.xml file. For example:

<application-name>xyz</application-name>

This name is used before the archive name to derive the default application registration name. The application will be deployed under xyz if the application.xml file defines application-name as xyz. However, a user-specified name takes precedence over the portable application name. If application-name is not specified in the application.xml file, the application is deployed using the archive name (minus suffix) as the application registration name.

The Java EE 6 specification also defines the portable module-name element in the module standard deployment descriptors. For standalone modules, the defined module-name will be used as the application name when a name is not explicitly specified.