Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 8.1 2005Q2 Update 2 Developer's Guide

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# Sample Applications

Sample applications that you can examine and deploy are included with the full installation of the Application Server. You can also download these samples separately if you installed the Application Server without them initially.

If installed with the Application Server, the samples are in the install-dir`/samples` directory. The samples are organized in categories such as `ejb`, `jdbc`, `connectors`, `i18n`, and so on. Each sample category is further divided into subcategories. For example, under the `ejb` category are `stateless`, `stateful`, `security`, `mdb`, `bmp`, and `cmp` subcategories.

Most Application Server samples have the following directory structure:

- The `docs` directory contains instructions for how to use the sample.

- The `build.xml` file defines `asant` targets for the sample (see asant Assembly and Deployment Tool.

- The `build` and `javadocs` directories are generated as a result of targets specified in the `build.xml` file.

- The `src/java` directory under each component contains source code for the sample.

- The `src/conf` directory under each component contains the deployment descriptors.

With a few exceptions, sample applications follow the standard directory structure described here: `http://java.sun.com/blueprints/code/projectconventions.html`.

The install-dir`/samples/``common-ant.xml` file defines properties common to all sample applications and implements targets needed to compile, assemble, deploy and undeploy sample applications. In most sample applications, the `build.xml` file includes `common-ant.xml`.

For a detailed description of the `helloworld` sample and how to deploy and run it, see the associated documentation at:

    install-dir/samples/ejb/stateless/apps/simple/docs/index.html

After you deploy the `helloworld` sample in Application Server, you can invoke it using the following URL:

    http://server:port/helloworld

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