WAR (file format)

In software engineering, a WAR file (Web Application Resource or Web application ARchive) is a file used to distribute a collection of JAR-files, JavaServer Pages, Java Servlets, Java classes, XML files, tag libraries, static web pages (HTML and related files) and other resources that together constitute a web application.

Web ARchive
Filename extension
.war
Internet media typeapplication/java-archive
Magic numberPK\x03\x04 (standard ZIP file)
Developed bySun Microsystems
Container forJSP, Java Servlet
Extended fromJAR
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