Hi,
Why was item #6 in section EE.8.4.1 marked (Optional)?
6.(Optional) Create an alternate deployment descriptor (“alt-dd”) for the
application, external to the packaged application.
This was put in place before I came onboard to the Java EE expert group.
I've been looking through the archives (user and expert) and there isn't
much information that I can find on this topic. I can understand the
usefulness of separating the deployment descriptor from the application,
but why was the support for this external alt-dd documented as an optional
feature? This almost sounds like a pre-cursor to the Config JSR that is
in the works for post Java EE 7. Was this external alt-dd a step in that
direction? But, since we don't have a complete solution across the
technologies, this specific piece was marked optional? Just looking for
some history and justification. Thanks!
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Kevin Sutter