A computer implemented method is provided to increase the efficiency of
the development of JAVA.TM. Enterprise Edition (J2EE.TM. ) applications.
A project may be divided into modules which may be developed by
independent teams. The files within each module are classified as
independent of resources in other modules or dependent. Independent files
may be packaged into a single, integrated web application archive (WAR)
file without further processing. Corresponding dependent files are
compared and any conflicts are resolved. The resulting files may then be
packaged into the WAR file.