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Figure 11.15 Graphic editor for J2EE module properties. If any settings are wrong, you're warned in
the Warnings field.
From the
J2EE
project tab, you can edit the
J2EE
application module. Press
F4
or
Ctrl+Enter,
or right-click the module and select
Edit
from the context menu.
The
J2EE
Application Module
editor shown in figure 11.15 will open. This inter-
face lets you edit the most common options of a
J2EE
application module deploy-
ment descriptor.
You can also alter the module properties in text form by directly editing the
corresponding deployment descriptor.
11.3 Understanding application server integration
Running, testing, and debugging an enterprise application is a more complex
process than doing the same thing to a standard Java application, because of
the need for an application server. Servlets,
EJB
s, and similar technologies run
in the context of a
container
, an environment that application servers provide.