weblogic deployment concepts.

Deploy Java EE application in two ways:

Exploded form:

1. Directory structure very important
2. Easier to update individual pieces
3. Harder to keep track of the whole collection

Archive form:

1. Similar to tar or zip, can be maintained with those tools
2. Type: .jar, .war, .ear, .rar, and so on
3. Contains code, metacode, descriptors (xml), directories