Editing the Java EE deployment assembly page

The Deployment Assembly project property page is shared among all Java™ EE project types, including OSGi projects.

Procedure

Editing your EAR project deployment assembly page:
1. To use the Deployment Assembly page, right-click your EAR project and select Properties > Deployment Assembly. The Deployment Assembly page consists of a table that contains a Deploy Path column and a Source column:
2. The Deploy Path column represents the path within the packaged archive. Click Add to add mappings:
  You can add the following references:
  - Archive via path Variable
  - Archives from File System
  - Archives from Workspace
  - Folder
  - Project: enables bundling of the project into an archive, and placed in the runtime location specified. Project references are often used to bundle utility projects into a web project (WEB-INF/lib) location, which is automatically included on the WAR runtime classpath.
3. The Source column represents the project path. For information about Annotation scanning, see Excluding files from annotation scanning.
Editing your EJB or web project deployment assembly page:
1. To use the Deployment Assembly page, right-click your Java EE project and select Properties > Deployment Assembly. For Java EE modules the page consists of two tabs:
  - The Deployment Assembly tab, which consists of a table that contains a Deploy Path column and a Source column.
  - The Manifest Entries tab
2. On the Deployment Assembly tab, click Add to add mappings:
  You can add the following references:
  - Archive via path Variable
  - Archives from File System
  - Archives from Workspace
  - Folder
  - Java Build Path Entries
  - Project: enables bundling of the project into an archive, and placed in the runtime location specified. Project references are often used to bundle utility projects into a web project (WEB-INF/lib) location, which is automatically included on the WAR runtime classpath.
3. On the Manifest Entries tab, click Add to add manifest entries:
  You can add custom manifest entries or configure available entries:

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