EAR / WAR Packaging

Dear Expert,
Do you know whether there is any guildline for packing EAR/WAR according to the J2EE standard?
For example, whether
several projects should be packed into the same EAR/WAR in order to reduce the overhead of starting up the applications (ie, one EAR containning several WAR of different projects), or
each project should be packed in a standalone EAR and WAR (ie, one EAR containing one WAR for a single project), or
all projects should be packed in the same EAR/WAR (ie, one EAR containing one WAR for multiple projects)
Many thanks.

hi,
Have a look at http://java.sun.com/blueprints/guidelines/designing_enterprise_applications/packaging_deployment/applications/
-Amol

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