Question : Jboss seam web app - EAR file vs EAR dir(folder) under .../deploy

Hi,

I created jboss seam project(seam gen) and saw xxx.ear dir under .../deploy dir at the begining. However, I don't see xxx.ear dir anymore and there is xxx.ear file(not folder) instead. (I think this also causing hot deployment failure.) So, no matter what I do, I don't see ear folder anymore.
I didn't really change any config file or setting.
Why does my project stop creating xxx.ear folder under /deploy dir?
What are the differences between xxx.ear file and xxx.ear folder?

thx,

Answer : Jboss seam web app - EAR file vs EAR dir(folder) under .../deploy

In my development cycles, i think when I wanted to make sure everything was 'fresh' I would delete the data, tmp, work and log directories as well as the deployment file (.war, .ear, etc.) which the app server turned off.

You really should undeploy/redeploy every time you change something in a deployment when you are developing. It sucks and it can be slow, but it just be part of the process. It won't be that way in production.