Assembling JAX-RS web applications

After you develop the Java™ class files for your Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS) web application and edit the web.xml file to enable the JAX-RS servlet, you must assemble the application.

Before you begin

Identify the assembly tool to use to assemble your application. The web application is assembled into a web application archive (WAR) package. You can assemble the WAR package into an enterprise archive (EAR) package if required.

Before assembling the web application, ensure that you have customized the web.xml file to enable the JAX-RS servlet or filter configuration. To learn more, see the information about configuring the web.xml file for the JAX-RS application.

Procedure

Create the WAR package using assembly tools.
  1. Package your compiled JAX-RS Java classes into the WEB-INF/classes directory of your WAR package.
  2. Package the web.xml file for your web application in the WEB-INF/ directory into the WAR package.

Results

A WAR package is created that contains the web application. If needed, you can add the WAR package to an EAR package. The application server can deploy either the WAR or EAR packages.

What to do next

Deploy the web application.