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dbrin
dbrin

Reputation: 15673

Using 7Zip to make a WAR file

I know you can take a WAR file or EAR and unzip it using 7Zip or other archiving utilities. But does this process work in reverse? Can 7Zip create a valid WAR artifact using it's GUI manager? EAR?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 15764

Answers (1)

Andreas Dolk
Andreas Dolk

Reputation: 114817

A war file is a jar with a special purpose and wikipedia tells us:

They can also use zip tools to do so; however, the order of entries in the zip file headers is important when compressing, as the manifest often needs to be first.

So to my understanding, you can use 7zip from a technical perspective but you may have to make sure, that you add the manifest file(s) first.

Upvotes: 3

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