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| Introduction |
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| Allan Ramirez |
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| 2013-07-22 |
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| A resource adapter is a system-level software driver that a Java application |
| uses to connect to an enterprise information system (EIS). The RAR plugin |
| has the capability to store these resource adapters to an archive (Resource |
| Adapter Archive or RAR) which can be deployed to a J2EE server. |
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| * Goals Overview |
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| The RAR plugin has only one goal: |
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| * {{{./rar-mojo.html}rar:rar}} used to package the Resource Adapter Archive |
| (RAR) files. |
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| * Usage |
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| General instructions on how to use the RAR Plugin can be found on the {{{./usage.html}usage page}}. Some more |
| specific use cases are described in the examples given below. Last but not least, users occasionally contribute |
| additional examples, tips or errata to the |
| {{{http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/RAR+Plugin}plugin's wiki page}}. |
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| In case you still have questions regarding the plugin's usage, please have a look at the {{{./faq.html}FAQ}} and feel |
| free to contact the {{{./mailing-lists.html}user mailing list}}. The posts to the mailing list are archived and could |
| already contain the answer to your question as part of an older thread. Hence, it is also worth browsing/searching |
| the {{{./mailing-lists.html}mail archive}}. |
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| If you feel like the plugin is missing a feature or has a defect, you can fill a feature request or bug report in our |
| {{{./issue-management.html}issue tracker}}. When creating a new issue, please provide a comprehensive description of your |
| concern. Especially for fixing bugs it is crucial that the developers can reproduce your problem. For this reason, |
| entire debug logs, POMs or most preferably little demo projects attached to the issue are very much appreciated. |
| Of course, patches are welcome, too. Contributors can check out the project from our |
| {{{./scm.html}source repository}} and will find supplementary information in the |
| {{{http://maven.apache.org/guides/development/guide-helping.html}guide to helping with Maven}}. |
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| * Examples |
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| To provide you with better understanding on some usages of the Plugin Name, |
| you can take a look into the following examples: |
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| * {{{./examples/exclude-project-jar.html}Exclude the project jar from the rar}} |
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| * {{{./examples/ra-custom-location.html}Custom location of Resource Adapter Descriptor}} |
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| * {{{./examples/include-extra-files.html}Include extra files in RAR}} |
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| * {{{./examples/manifest.html}Adding Manifest File}} |
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| * Resources |
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| Here are some references you can use to know more about Resource Adapter Archive. |
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| * {{{http://java.sun.com/j2ee/connector/}J2EE Connector API specification}} |
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| * {{{http://docs.sun.com/source/817-2254-10/Ch_04_sm.html}Resource Adapter Archive Descriptor Sample}} |
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