Using the Deployment Descriptors for Servlets/JSPs
After you have specified the files for the Web Application module, you must
specify deployment information for each component in the module that is
directly accessible by the user. At the Web Application component-level
(servlets and jsps), the Customizer WebApp Editor Servlet Descriptors tab
consists of the following tabs:
- General - Specifies overall properties for a
servlet in the Web Application.
- iAS - Define iAS-specific options for the servlet
according to your targeted operational iAS environment.
- Init Params - Specifies initialization parameters
for a servlet in the Web Application.
- Security Role Refs - Identifies any security
roles that the servlet references in its code.
- iAS Params - Validates servlet parameters.
- iAS Param Groups - Creates groups of parameters
to validate.
To access the WebApp Editor Servlet Descriptors:
- Select the web.xml or ias-web.xml file of a web module.
- Right click and select Open using the iPlanet Customizer.
The WebApp Editor appears.
- Select the Servlet Descriptors tab.
- Declare the deployment descriptors as required.
The information that you specify in the graphical editor will appear in the deployment XML files for the module.
Deployment descriptor data for the Web Application module (component-level and module-level ) is saved
in a war.xml file and iAS-specific data is saved in an ias-war.xml file. These files
are saved in the /WEB-INF directory at the root of the archive. In addition to containing
servlet specific data, these files also contain module-level information specific to the web
application.
You only need to specify deployment descriptor data for web application components that the user
can directly access.
Note: The Document Type Definition (DTD) specification defines the
XML grammar for the deployment descriptor files. The deployment descriptor DTDs were installed
during installation at <iAS installation directory>/ias/Apps. When you create a
module using the iPlanet Application Server Integration Tool, you specify the deployment descriptors
using the iPlanet Customizer WebApp Editor.
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