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Using the iastool command-line tools
The following example displays detailed information on the compress tool:
iastool -usage compress
The following example displays detailed information on the -start, -stop, and -restart
tools:
iastool -usage start stop restart
verify
Use this tool to check an archive file for correctness and consistency, and to check if all
of the elements required for deploying your application are in place.
The verification process supports the following roles that correspond to a phase in the
application's life cycle and the appropriate level of verification (similar to the J2EE role
definitions):
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Developer: This is the lowest verification level. All xml is checked for syntax as well
as standard and proprietary keywords relevant to the current archive type.
Consistency across the archive is checked, but no external resources are verified at
this level.
Assembler: Once the archives are individually verified and are correct, other
resources built into an application will start to be verified. For example, this level will
verify the existence and correctness of URIs (Uniform Resource Identifiers), but not
EJB or JNDI links.
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Deployer: (the default) All checks are turned on. EJB and JNDI links are checked at
this level as well as the operational environment in which the application is to be
deployed.
Supported archive types are EAR, EJB, WAR, JNDI, and Client JARs. The typical
archive verification process includes the following checks:
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A pass over the XML, checking for correct XML syntax.
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Verification of the semantics of the standard and proprietary XML descriptors, and
the compliance with their required descriptors for each supported archive type.
Verification always occurs in a hierarchical fashion, starting with the top module, then
recursively working through its submodules, and finally checking for inter-archive links.
Syntax
-verify -src [-role ] [-nowarn]
[-strict] [-classpath ]
Default Output
By default, verify reports nothing (for example, if no errors are found in the specified
module).
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