Step 6: Create the WAR File, and Deploy and Test the Application

The last step in developing the HelloUserWikExample application was to archive its files into a WAR file. The WAR file includes the following:

• appropriately named and organized directories and subdirectories, as described in Step 1: Create the Directory Structure.

• all of the application's supporting files, including the files created in Steps 2 through 5 and the JAR files required for SAS Foundation Services. The files must be placed in the appropriate directories as described in Step 1: Create the Directory Structure.

The JAR utility was used to compress the directories and files into an archive, and the archive was given the name HelloUserWikExample.war.

Before deploying the HelloUserWikExample application in the portal Web application, you should test it using its direct URL. You can then deploy it in either of the following ways:

• as an application that is called by a remote portlet. The sample HelloUserRemotePortlet describes the steps for implementing this application as a remote portlet.

• as a stand-alone application, which appears in the portal Web application to be the same as a link. For information about how to add the metadata for a stand-alone application that is enabled by SAS Foundation Services, see Adding Web Applications in the "Adding Content to the Portal" chapter in the SAS Intelligence Platform: Web Application Administration Guide.