WAR File Help

For those who have not worked with WAR (Web ARchive) files, they are simply ZIP files with 
".war" extension.  You can rename them to ".zip" and unzip them with any ZIP utility.  Primarily 
they are used to package web sites for auto-deploying in the "webapps" directory of your 
typical Java servlet web server (Tomcat, Resin, Jetty, etc.)

To use the WAR file in your favorite Java servlet container (web server), simply rename it to 
something more convenient and copy it to your web containers "webapps" directory.  In a 
matter of seconds, you should see it get unpacked, with a directory created that matches the 
name of the WAR file minus the extension.

At this point you can use your favorite browser and type in:

      http://localhost/WAR_filename_minus_extension

or:

      http://localhost:8080/WAR_filename_minus_extension

If you need a web server, simply download and install Apache's Tomcat, Coucho's Resin or 
Jetty. They are free and easy to install and run.  There are many J2EE web servers that you can 
also use.  Resin is extremely easy on Windows' platforms.  Simply unzip Resin in the directory 
of your choice and run 'httpd.exe'.  Copy the 'filename_XX.war' file to the webapps directory 
and you're done.