[news.eclipse.webtools] Re: rar file deployment

[Chris Lieb <chris.lieb@xxxxxxxxx>]

Michael wrote:
> Luca wrote:
>> The RAR file is correctly deployed inside the EAR, but it is zipped
>> twice. This would not happen with JAR files, only RARs seem to be
>> zipped twice.
>>
>> Can you think of any way to accomplish this,
>> thanks in advance,
> 
> why do you use rar at all?
> 
> This isn't an open format. If you are looking for a strong compression
> fortmat, consider 7-Zip!

RAR is a Resource ARchive in the J2EE world.  It is used to make
resource bundles (like groups of XML files).  For instance, you can use
a RAR in Geronimo to define a datasource.

It is still a basic zip file, just like a JAR, WAR, or EAR.