## Does Jetty Support WAR files?

Jetty supports Web Applications as WAR files and can run most features without unpacking the WAR file.

If the WAR file contains jars or zips, these are extracted to temporary locations.

If the WAR file contains JSPs which are compiled against classes also in the WAR file, then compilation fails as the java compiler cannot handle URL classpaths (eg jar:file:/my.war!/WEB-INF/classes). In this situation, the user should unpack the war file manually or during deployment.

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