Hi,
I've used VAJ and I'm new to WSAD 5.
I've a basic problem with the way projects are organised in WSAD.
For Eg,I've a project called XYZ which has serveral
Servlets,JSPs,ClassFiles and EJBs.
In VAJ I create all these under a same project.But in case of WSAD
,what my understanding is that I've to create J2EE project which
comprise of XYZWeb,XYZEJB,XYZClient.
I don't understand the logic why it has to create 3 different
projects for a single project XYZ.If that is the way I've to work with
WSAD is there a way to LINK & VIEW all these projects
(XYZWeb,XYZEJB,XYZClient) in a single logical unit.
Please correct me if I'm wrong in my understanding,I'm very new to
WSAD but familiar with VAJ. Thanks.
Anand

You are correct. Your WSAD J2EE project will comprise of on EAR, but multiple EJB and WEB projects. More than the convenience of development, it forces you to think along the lines of packaging and deployment. In my previous project using WSAD we underwent a major restructuring effort just to start using WSAD because of the way it forces you to arrange the directory structure.

Hey,
In that case, as a developer if I'm working in more than 1 project (assuming that all've features such as servelts,jsp,ejb,etc..) I'll certainly get confused abt organisation of my workbench.There is no way I can say all these bits and pieces is one unit.
How did u address this issue in ur development environment? Can u give an eg pls.
Thanks
Anand

The reason that there's no "higher-level" container is that the same EJB-JAR or WAR may actually be part of more than one EAR file. As Ajith said, the purpose of the organization is to get you thinking about deployment. It's also there for full compliance with the J2EE specifications.
Kyle

Yeah I understad.
Thanks for all the replies.
As I'm a co-ordinator of multiple projects(in development time),I'm jus wondering if there is a way to put some kind of logical togetherness(something similar to VAJ proj) :roll:
In my opinion,I miss VAJ very much!!!