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| Introduction |
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| Allan Ramirez |
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| July 2006 |
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| Maven RAR Plugin |
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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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| * How to Use |
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| Instructions on how to use the RAR plugin can be found {{{usage.html}here}}. |
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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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