Is provider.xml mandatory?

Hi there,
I'm looking through some source code developed elsewhere and it doesn't seem to have a provider.xml file included with the source code.
Unfortunately, I don't have access to the app. server to see where this code has been deployed.
My question is, can a j2ee application run as a portlet within an Oracle Portal Release 1 environment (on an oc4j instance) without a provider.xml file? My guess is no, but I want to confirm that.
Thanks,
Aidan

Aidan,
Theoretically it's possible, but very unlikely. (The PDK allows you to create a new ProviderLoader class and use that instead of the DefaultProviderLoader.)
Peter

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AMN wrote:
email81107 wrote:
AMN wrote:
email81107 wrote:
That's right. You should login as portal.
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