War Files & Par Files

First...

I'm new to portals, so please forgive my ignorance.

I understand that portlets are basically web applications conforming to a particular specification (JSR 168). A point of confusion for me has been that I have seen articles and Sun Product documentation talk about WAR files and PAR files.

I've created portlets in WAR files...

How are PAR files different?

Are they obsolete (i.e. prior to JSR 168, and only deal with the deployment of Provider/Channels that don't conform to JSR 168)?

Any help to clarify this for me would be appreciated.

Regards,

Byron

[629 byte] By [byronestes] at [2007-11-25 20:15:05]