Deployable atterns are packaged as plug-ins within a RAS asset format. The deployable pattern plug-in does not, by default, include the pattern source code. To archive the pattern project with the source code, the project is exported as a project without the RAS Deployable option selected during the export.
The nondeployable pattern project is imported as a project and not as a plug-in. Only deployable projects are imported as plug-ins that contain patterns that can be applied.
To create a nondeployable RAS asset:
Parent topic: Publishing patterns
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IBM Rational design patterns
Pattern code and support files
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Exporting deployable pattern projects
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Importing patterns to apply them
Tutorials and samples for authoring patterns