run a java application from .war file

[sangeeta choudhari]

Hi,

I have a scenrio in which I need to run a java application (main) packaged in a .war file.

Is there any way I can run the application from command prompt.



thanks in advance,
sangeeta

[Annie Smith]

You should be able to do it if you have the WAR in the ClassPath

 
java -classpath "%CLASSPATH%;yourWar.war" yourpackage.YourClassName

[Jessica Sant]

realize that a "war" file typically denotes a Web Application aRchive -- and is used to hold J2EE Web applications that are deployed to and executed from an application server.

a "jar" file typically denotes a Java Application aRchive -- and can be used to hold a J2SE application that you run from the command line, as Annie has shown.

I would think that its confusing if you give a customer a WAR file and tell them to execute it from the command line, instead of having it be deployed to an application server as would be expected of a WAR file. Basically -- I suggest you package your applicatino as a JAR.