Migrating J2EE projects

The J2EE Migration Wizard has been updated in Rational Web Developer V6.0 to migrate J2EE projects to the J2EE 1.4 specification level. The J2EE Migration Wizard supports the migration from both the J2EE 1.2 and 1.3 specifications to the J2EE 1.4 specification level for all J2EE module types.

Refer to J2EE 1.3 to 1.4 specification level migration and J2EE 1.2 to 1.4 specification level migration for details on the migration of J2EE 1.3 and 1.2 specification level artifacts to J2EE 1.4 specification level.

Note: Before using the J2EE Migration Wizard, it is strongly recommended that you take the following steps:

• Backup your entire workspace.

• If you are working with a shared repository, check out or lock all corresponding projects.

The J2EE Migration Wizard can be accessed as follows:

1. In the J2EE Hierarchy view of the J2EE perspective, right-click the enterprise application project that you want to migrate.

2. Select Migrate > J2EE Migration Wizard from the pop-up menu.

3. Follow the instructions on the J2EE Migration Wizard Welcome Page before proceeding with the migration process.

Note:

• Migration of secure Web services (J2EE 1.3 to 1.4) requires manual migration of the secure binding and extension files. Refer to Migrating secure Web services for details.

Refer to the online help for full details on using the J2EE Migration Wizard. Changes to the wizard are described in Changes in the J2EE Migration Wizard in Rational Web Developer V6.0.

Refer to J2EE 1.3 to 1.4 specification level migration and J2EE 1.2 to 1.4 specification level migration for details on the changes to J2EE 1.3 and 1.2 specification level artifacts when they are migrated to J2EE 1.4.

Migrating secure Web services
Secure Web services are not migrated by the J2EE Migration Wizard when Web services are migrated from J2EE 1.3 to J2EE 1.4. The migration of secure Web services requires manual steps.

J2EE 1.3 to 1.4 specification level migration
J2EE projects can be migrated from the J2EE 1.3 to J2EE 1.4 specification level. This section describes, for each type of J2EE project, the artifacts migrated from J2EE 1.3 to J2EE 1.4 by the J2EE Migration Wizard.

J2EE 1.2 to 1.4 specification level migration
J2EE modules can be migrated from the J2EE 1.2 specification level to J2EE 1.4. This section describes the artifacts migrated for J2EE projects from J2EE 1.2 to J2EE 1.4 specification level by the J2EE Migration Wizard.

Changes in the J2EE Migration Wizard in Rational Web Developer V6.0
Changes have been made to the J2EE Migration Wizard in Rational Web Developer V6.0 that are common to the migration of all J2EE specification levels.

 

Related concepts

Changes in the J2EE Migration Wizard in Rational Web Developer V6.0

 

Related tasks

Migrating secure Web services

Related reference
J2EE 1.3 to 1.4 specification level migration
J2EE 1.2 to 1.4 specification level migration
Changes in WebSphere test environments