Editing Deployment Descriptors

Once a Java2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) module deployment profile is created, JDeveloper also auto-generates an associated deployment descriptor. Application components are packaged and deployed to J2EE containers using standard archive formats along with the J2EE and/or the OC4J-specific application deployment descriptor(s). The deployment descriptor information contains all of the declarative data required to deploy the components as well as the assembly instructions that describe how the components are composed into an application. You may also choose to manually create your own deployment descriptors rather on using the auto-generated version. In either case, you may wish to make modifications to the deployment descriptor, for example to add or delete elements in the file. Deployment descriptors appear in the Navigator below the specified project.

To edit deployment descriptors:

In the Navigator, right-click the deployment descriptor icon corresponding to the file you want to edit.
The J2EE module deployment descriptor icons and names display as follows in the Navigator below the project:

application-client.xml: J2EE client module deployment descriptor
orion-application-client.xml: J2EE client module deployment descriptor for an OC4J deployment
data-sources.xml: configuration for the installed data sources in the Oracle Application Server. See About OC4J Data Sources.
ejb-jar.xml:standard J2EE EJB JAR module deployment descriptor
jboss.xml: JBoss platform-specific EJB JAR module deployment descriptor
orion-ejb.jar.xml: OC4J platform-specific EJB JAR module deployment descriptor
weblogic-ejb-jar.xml: BEA WebLogic platform-specific EJB JAR module deployment descriptor
application.xml: standard J2EE file which contains the name of the application and a listing of all the J2EE modules (EJB, WAR, client JAR) that comprise the application
orion-application.xml: OC4J platform-specific file containing deploy-time information for the OC4J application
taglib.tld: J2EE Tag Library deployment descriptor
web.xml: standard J2EE web Module deployment descriptor
orion-web.xml: OC4J platform-specific web module deployment descriptor
weblogic.xml: BEA WebLogic platform-specific WAR module deployment descriptor
See New Gallery - General - Deployment Descriptors Category for more information.

Choose Settings from the context menu.
Notes:

Some deployment descriptors created in JDeveloper can only be edited in the Code Editor. In these cases, the Settings option is not available for selection.
For ejb-jar.xml, choose Edit EJB Module to display the deployment descriptor settings.
Alternatively, you can choose Code Editor if you are knowledgeable about the XML format of the deployment descriptor.

The appropriate deployment descriptor dialog is displayed by default. Click the tree options in the left frame to edit the deployment descriptor settings as required.

Note:

JDeveloper recognizes the deployment descriptor file in the META-INF/application-client.xml found in the first entry of the sourcepath. Any other names and locations for application-client.xml will be ignored.