General Deployment Functionality
Deployment Descriptors and Annotations
Access to Shared Framework Classes
About Assembly and Deployment Events
Additional Information on Application Deployment
A. The asadmin Deployment Subcommands
B. Enterprise Server Deployment Descriptor Files
Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 provides an environment for developing and deploying Java applications and web services. Enterprise Server applications include Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE platform) standard features as well as Enterprise Server–specific features. This guide explains the tools and processes used for deploying applications and modules in the Enterprise Server environment. Only Enterprise Server–specific features are described in detail in this document.
The following topics are addressed here:
Information and instructions on deploying from the command line are provided in this document. Information and instructions for accomplishing the deployment tasks by using the Administration Console are contained in the Administration Console online help.