Can you change the name of a <sub-deployment> in jboss-deployment-structure.xml?

Environment

• Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
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Issue

• Is there a way to remove the version from the names? I'd rather not edit this file every time we change our version number. Are '*' allowed in the names?

Resolution

* is not allowed. The name of a sub-deployment is purely based on it's relative path name, and cannot be overridden. That means that the only way to ensure there aren't version numbers in the <sub-deployment name="..."> is to not have a version number in the WAR file name. If you have version numbers in the WAR name, you are likely to have version number references in the application.xml file too.

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