The AS 7 filesystem

The difference between standalone and domain reflects in the filesystem of the application server, as shown in the following diagram:

The AS 7 filesystem

As you can see, the AS 7 filesystem is divided into two main parts: the first one is pertinent to a standalone server mode and the other is dedicated to a domain server mode. Common to both server modes is the modules directory, which is the heart of the application server.

JBoss AS 7 is based on the JBoss Modules project, which provides an implementation of a modular (non-hierarchical) class loading and execution environment for Java. In other words, rather than a single class loader that loads ...

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