I've been doing core
java for awhile. I'm kind of new to web environment...
To be more specific new to generating WAR files.
My development environment is Windows, Eclipse and
Tomcat.
Target environment is Unix and WebLogic.
I've updated and successfully tested 3 java classes and 1
JSP in an existing web application. Now I'm ready to build the war file and deploy it on the
test environment on Unix.
The [grumpy] systems administrator instructed me to build the WAR file as follows (he is unaware if a Build.XML file exists):
1. In Windows, use the 7zip application to "browse/explore" into the [existing] WAR file
2. Drag and drop the updated class files and jsp file from Tomcat into the WAR file
The WAR file deployed on Weblogic, and the web app did came up, but the [JSP] page that I updated is not rendering. The sys admin is blaming my code, but I don't think that is the problem.
My question is: Is this a valid way update a WAR file?
Thanks, I just need validation. If this is a valid way to update a WAR file then I'll continue down this path.