Preparing Applications for Provisioning Systems

Designing applications for use with provisioning systems amounts to providing all the required application files and ensuring that they contain the information needed throughout the provisioning process. The primary task involved in this preparation is the proper creation of the application descriptor (JAD) and application JAR files.

The JAD file is the primary mechanism for providing application-specific information to both client and server. A JAD file may accompany each application JAR file. The provisioning system extracts and uses information from this file during various stages of the provisioning process. The JAD file can be kept as part of the application JAR file, or it can be maintained ...

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