Inc. Server User Manual

Converting and Porting Your Existing Applications into Web Applications

BEA WebLogic Server 7.0 Upgrade Guide 2-11

When you convert your weblogic.properties file, the appropriate web.xml and

weblogic.xml files are created for you under the directory

domain\applications\DefaultWebApp_myserver\WEB-INF. Follow the

preceding directory structure and place the XML files in the

domain\applications\webAppName\WEB-INF directory that you create. For

information on deploying web applications, see Developing WebLogic Server

Applications.

XML Deployment Descriptors

The Web Application Deployment Descriptor (web.xml) file is a standard J2EE

descriptor used to register your servlets, define servlet initialization parameters,

parameters. For detailed instructions on creating the deployment descriptor, see

Writing the web.xml Deployment Descriptor in Assembling and Configuring Web

Applications.

There is also a WebLogic-specific Deployment Descriptor (

weblogic.xml). In this

file you define JSP properties, JNDI mappings, security role mappings, and HTTP

session parameters. The WebLogic-specific deployment descriptor also defines how

named resources in the

web.xml file are mapped to resources residing elsewhere in

WebLogic Server. For detailed instructions on creating the WebLogic-specific

deployment descriptor, see Writing the WebLogic-Specific Deployment Descriptor.

This file may not be required if you do not need the preceding properties, mappings,

or parameters.

Use the

web.xml and weblogic.xml files, in conjunction with the Administration

console, to configure your applications. The XML files can be viewed through any text

editor. To edit them, simply make your changes and save the file as

web.xml or

weblogic.xml with the appropriate path as specified by the prescribed directory

structure under “Web Applications Directory Structure” on page 2-10. See Assembling

and Configuring Web Applications for more information. If you do not want to deploy

your applications together as a single Web Application, you need to split up the XML

files that have been created for you, creating the appropriate XML files specific to each

Web Application. Each Web Application needs a

weblogic.xml file and a web.xml

file as well as whichever files you choose to put in it.