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

[Michael <eclipse.10.sgfan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Lieb wrote:
> 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.

Wow, this is confusing. I thought he was talking about 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAR_%28file_format%29