After creating a patch in the SOA Patch Developer mode, create a sparse deployment profile for deploying the changes to runtime. This creates a patch jar file in the deploy directory that you can deploy to runtime.

1. Right-click the project name in the Applications window, and select Deploy > Your_Project_Name.
   You can also choose to create a new deployment profile.
   The Deploy Project_Name wizard appears.
2. Complete the wizard steps, as you would do to deploy a project.
   Notice that the Deploy Configuration screen does not allow you to create a new version, or overwrite an existing version. This is because the patch would be deployed to runtime without creating another version, and without affecting running instances.

   

   The Summary screen shows you the name and path of the sca_projectname_patch.jar file that is created in the deploy directory.

3. Click Finish to create the patch jar file.
   The project_name/deploy directory should now contain the patch jar in addition to the original project jar.

   You can open the patch jar to view the components included in it. The patch jar contains only those components that you modified in the SOA Patch Developer mode.