SAP Basis Administration Handbook, NetWeaver Edition

Java Application Development Steps

Java application development requires a Java 2 Software Development Kit (J2SDK) that includes a JRE (Java Runtime Environment), Java compiler, and Java debugger. Table 12-1 lists the Java application development steps. First, the Java source code (.java files) is compiled into a platform-independent bytecode (class files) using the J2SDK in the development system. In the consolidation system, the class files and deployment descriptors are used to create.jar files, and this is usually known as the build activity. The next step is to create a Java application by integrating the .jar files with additional deployment descriptors in a process called an assembly. The last step is to deploy the application, either ...