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5.2 Application portability
In this section, we describe some of the migration issues that affect application
portability. Application portability, or the lack thereof, is perhaps the most
important issue from a migration point of view.
5.2.1 Application packaging
Packaging is important from a portability and migration point of view. Each
application is packaged differently. This, combined with the different class loader
implementations in each application server, can potentially create problems
when migrating. The application might run in the source environment but not in
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