EAR (file format)

Enterprise Archive
Filename extension
.ear
Internet media typeapplication/java-archive
Developed bySun Microsystems
Type of formatfile archive, data compression
Extended fromJAR

EAR (Enterprise Application aRchive) is a file format used by Jakarta EE for packaging one or more modules into a single archive so that the deployment of the various modules onto an application server happens simultaneously and coherently. It also contains XML files called deployment descriptors which describe how to deploy the modules.

Ant, Maven, or Gradle can be used to build EAR files.


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