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  3. Forms Java EE Application Deployment Descriptors

Forms Java EE Application Deployment Descriptors

The Forms Services Java EE application EAR (Enterprise Archive) file formsapp.ear is deployed to the WLS_FORMS (Oracle WebLogic Managed Server) when you configure Oracle Forms.

This results in the creation of a directory structure under $DOMAIN_HOME /servers/WLS_FORMS/tmp/_WL_user/formsapp_12.2.1/<random_string1>/APP-INF directory that is similar to the following: 

./APP-INF
./APP-INF/lib
./APP-INF/lib/frmconfig.jar
./APP-INF/lib/frmconfigmbeans.jar
./META-INF
./META-INF/application.xml
./META-INF/jazn-data.xml
./META-INF/jps-config.xml
./META-INF/mbeans.xml
./META-INF/weblogic-application.xml

This following directory structure is created under $DOMAIN_HOME/servers/WLS_FORMS/tmp/_WL_user/formsapp_12.2.1/<random_string2>/war/WEB-INF directory. 

./WEB-INF
./WEB-INF/lib
./WEB-INF/lib/frmsrv.jar
./WEB-INF/web.xml
./WEB-INF/weblogic.xml

Note:

The sub-directories in $DOMAIN_HOME/servers/WLS_FORMS/tmp/_WL_user/formsapp_12.2.1 are created by the nostage deployment process of Oracle WebLogic Server. They are named with a random string. For example, e18uoi, wb1h9e and so on.

Deployment descriptors:

  • application.xml and weblogic-application.xml define the structure of the EAR file.

  • web.xml defines the aliases frmservlet and lservlet for the Forms servlet and the Forms Listener servlet.

  • weblogic.xml defines the context parameters and any user defined virtual directory mappings.