RE: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
Rod, As I mentioned in our private email exchange, here are my results for the community to see. Thanks for investigating with me. Thanks also to others who replied. In the manifest of the EJB JAR file, I referred to my library JARs relative to the EJB instead of relative to the root of the EAR. For example, BEFORE Manifest-Version: 1.0 Created-By: Apache Ant 1.5.1 Class-Path: libs/apogent-common.jar libs/eif-ejb.jar AFTER Manifest-Version: 1.0 Created-By: Apache Ant 1.5.1 Class-Path: ../libs/apogent-common.jar ../libs/eif-ejb.jar The BEFORE approach works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.x; while the AFTER approach works in 3.x, I don't know whether it works in 2.4.10. I won't be able to try it until tomorrow or I'm at work on Monday. Thanks, Craig --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user
RE: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
Rod,
The way that our Ant build script has always been configured is below. I
believe that we're doing what you recommend, yet I did not resolve my
problem with JBoss 3.x until I referred to library JARs in manifest.txt
relative to the EJB JARs instead of the EAR root. I'm sharing this
information because I do not completely understand your post. Maybe you can
provide your own BEFORE and AFTER scenarios as I did in my earlier post. If
you can still find time to explore these issues, I would greatly appreciate
it.
!-- = --
!-- Package the application in a JAR file for distribution/deployment --
!-- = --
target name=dist.jar
jar jarfile=${dist}/ejb/${main.jar.name}.jar
manifest=${src.res}/META-INF/manifest.txt
metainf dir=${src.res}/META-INF
include name=ejb-jar.xml /
/metainf
!-- all main classes, i.e., no test classes --
fileset dir=${build.main} /
/jar
/target
Contents of manifest.txt (there is a new line at the end of the Class-Path
line):
Class-Path: ../libs/apogent-common.jar ../libs/eif-ejb.jar
-Original Message-
From: Rod Macpherson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 7:56 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
This whole issue only arises when you try to get a slimmed
down EAR with no duplicates. There are so many ways to work
around this that it comes as no surprise that you one ends up
shrugging if off as no biggie but when several folks reported
the problem I wanted to get to the bottom of it. Turned out
it was my ant script. Yes, put everything in the right place
with the correct syntax and all of that but assumed,
incorrectly, that the class loader would pick up MANIFEST.MF.
Jarred everything up with no complaint from ANT (it was
supposed to complain about this) but there was a problem.
HINT: jar.. manifest=some-manifest.mf ... metainf
dir=whatever include file=* /metainf jar
Make sure you DO NOT have MANIFEST.MF in META-INF or where
it ultimately must be to actually work. Create manifest
files (call 'em anything you
like) and include that particular file in the jar manifest
attribute. Feel free to flame away for having missed this.
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Re: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
I really don't know why it is not working for you. There might be some configuration difference that we both consider irrelevant for this, and for that reason miss to recognize. Anyway, I wrote a small test application to verify that my setup still works in 3.0.6. It works on my installation (Jboss 3.0.6 unzipped and no configuration touched, jdk 1.4.1, windows 2000). I have attached the ear file and a zip file with the java sources. Please don't judge my general coding from theses sources since they were only built to test just this dependency configuration issue. I would be very interested to see if it works ok on your configuration, and if not, to learn what the difference might be. The application includes: - a third party library jar (jakarta-regexp) - a library jar of my own with just one class. - an ejb jar with a stateless session bean using classes from both library jars. - a web application war using library classes from both library jars in calls to the stateless session bean. (using only local ref for regexp since it the RE class is not serializable, but using both local and remote ref when using the test class in my own library) Just deploy the ear and hit the root context. This should give you an ugly html form with three input fields. Enter any string in the first one and give a regexp pattern an a text to split using the pattern in the second and third ones. submit and it should return some text. I haven't tested class path dependencies on weblogic, but I'll probably have the opportunity next week to test on both Websphere and Sybase EAServer. I'm really not trying to prove you wrong, I'm just informing about how I made it work for our required dependencies hoping it might help someone with similar requirements. Sincerely /Fredrik Lindgren Rod Macpherson wrote: Fredrik, here's a little background. We know the jars in application.xml are for application clients and that we should not put utility jars there - whether it is the perfect location for such information or not. I have made that point made and Craig just reiterated it. The prescribed solution is to use Class-Path because that construct already existed for downloadable jars - in my opinion that was not a good decision. That ground has been covered ad nauseam. Therein lies the problem: it fails on weblogic it fails on 3.0.2 of JBoss and Craig has just reported that it fails on 3.0.4 and 3.0.6. Since I have never seen a working example of Class-Path loads being effective I tend to discount your claim that is works. I am sure the application works but I am suspicious that it works because you have specified the utility jars that way. I would hasten to add it fails and has always failed in WebLogic 6.X service pack X. I will personally recommend you for guru-dom if you can tell me what Craig and I are doing wrong in setting this up but you have to admit tying shoe laces is more difficult that adding a jar path to Class-Path :) - Original Message - From: Fredrik Lindgren [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 3:57 AM Subject: Re: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6 You should not put these jars in application.xml, that's for application clients. You should however put the class path entries in the manifest files of the WARs and ejb jars that depend on the common library jars. I have not tested on 3.0.6, but I definately have it working in 3.0.4 /Fredrik Lindgren (not a JBoss guru, but hopefully helpful anyway) Rod Macpherson wrote: I vote they formalize the java module as a clean, intuitive and elegant mechanism for placing utility jars in EAR scope. - Original Message - From: Demyanovich, Craig - Apogent [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 6:47 PM Subject: RE: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6 3.0.4 did not work either. Like Rod, the EAR will work if I include all library JARs in application.xml as java modules. According to the FAQ that I cited earlier (http://www.jboss.org/faq.jsp#FAQ-BEANDEV-NORMALJARS), though, the use of application.xml is NOT appropriate. However, I know of no other way to create a single deployment unit for my application. I appeal to you again, JBoss gurus, please explain!!! Thanks for your time, Craig --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net
RE: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
Frederik, Thanks for posting your test. By inspection and based on my earlier post (which arrived out of order for me) showing my BEFORE and AFTER scenarios, I believe your test will work. (I'll try it as soon as I have the chance). Below are some observations on the structure of our EAR files, using your EAR as an example in all three cases. Your EAR structure that works: root META-INF application.xml MANIFEST.MF test-ejb.jar test-web.war lib jakarta-regexp-1.2.jar test-lib.jar /root My EAR structure that doesn't work: root META-INF application.xml MANIFEST.MF ejb test-ejb.jar jakarta-regexp-1.2.jar test-lib.jar /root My EAR structure that does work: root META-INF application.xml MANIFEST.MF ejb test-ejb.jar lib jakarta-regexp-1.2.jar test-lib.jar /root Note that the common feature that allows your EAR and one of mine to work is that we reference the third-party library JARs relative to the EJB JARs (also the EAR root in your case). I propose that if you place your EJB JAR in a subdirectory of the EAR and leave your library JARs where they are, your deployment will fail as mine did, indicating that entries in the manifest of your EJB could not be read and were thus ignored, followed by NoClassDefFoundErrors. Like me, you would need to prefix the manifest entries with ../. If you try such a test, please post your results to the list. Thanks again for your help in investigating these issues. Craig --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user
Re: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
That is a good point but being relative to the component's location in the
EAR but my problem was my ant script and the metainf and manifest tags: the
paths were correct in my case. Packaging without duplicating or using the
system classpath or jboss library to eliminate duplicates is definitely
cleaner and although java works for vanilla beans in JBoss it's not spec.
- Original Message -
From: Demyanovich, Craig - Apogent [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 7:49 AM
Subject: RE: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
Rod,
The way that our Ant build script has always been configured is below. I
believe that we're doing what you recommend, yet I did not resolve my
problem with JBoss 3.x until I referred to library JARs in manifest.txt
relative to the EJB JARs instead of the EAR root. I'm sharing this
information because I do not completely understand your post. Maybe you
can
provide your own BEFORE and AFTER scenarios as I did in my earlier post.
If
you can still find time to explore these issues, I would greatly
appreciate
it.
!-- = --
!-- Package the application in a JAR file for distribution/deployment --
!-- = --
target name=dist.jar
jar jarfile=${dist}/ejb/${main.jar.name}.jar
manifest=${src.res}/META-INF/manifest.txt
metainf dir=${src.res}/META-INF
include name=ejb-jar.xml /
/metainf
!-- all main classes, i.e., no test classes --
fileset dir=${build.main} /
/jar
/target
Contents of manifest.txt (there is a new line at the end of the Class-Path
line):
Class-Path: ../libs/apogent-common.jar ../libs/eif-ejb.jar
-Original Message-
From: Rod Macpherson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 7:56 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
This whole issue only arises when you try to get a slimmed
down EAR with no duplicates. There are so many ways to work
around this that it comes as no surprise that you one ends up
shrugging if off as no biggie but when several folks reported
the problem I wanted to get to the bottom of it. Turned out
it was my ant script. Yes, put everything in the right place
with the correct syntax and all of that but assumed,
incorrectly, that the class loader would pick up MANIFEST.MF.
Jarred everything up with no complaint from ANT (it was
supposed to complain about this) but there was a problem.
HINT: jar.. manifest=some-manifest.mf ... metainf
dir=whatever include file=* /metainf jar
Make sure you DO NOT have MANIFEST.MF in META-INF or where
it ultimately must be to actually work. Create manifest
files (call 'em anything you
like) and include that particular file in the jar manifest
attribute. Feel free to flame away for having missed this.
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Re: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
I really don't know why it is not working for you. There might be some configuration difference that we both consider irrelevant for this, and for that reason miss to recognize. Anyway, I wrote a small test application to verify that my setup still works in 3.0.6. It works on my installation (Jboss 3.0.6 unzipped and no configuration touched, jdk 1.4.1, windows 2000). I'll send two quick follow ups with the ear and the java sources (too big for the list if sent together). Please don't judge my general coding from theses sources since they were only built to test just this dependency configuration issue. I would be very interested to see if it works ok on your configuration, and if not, to learn what the difference might be. The application includes: - a third party library jar (jakarta-regexp) - a library jar of my own with just one class. - an ejb jar with a stateless session bean using classes from both library jars. - a web application war using library classes from both library jars in calls to the stateless session bean. (using only local ref for regexp since it the RE class is not serializable, but using both local and remote ref when using the test class in my own library) Just deploy the ear and hit the root context. This should give you an ugly html form with three input fields. Enter any string in the first one and give a regexp pattern an a text to split using the pattern in the second and third ones. submit and it should return some text. I haven't tested class path dependencies on weblogic, but I'll probably have the opportunity next week to test on both Websphere and Sybase EAServer. I'm really not trying to prove you wrong, I'm just informing about how I made it work for our required dependencies hoping it might help someone with similar requirements. Sincerely /Fredrik Lindgren Rod Macpherson wrote: Fredrik, here's a little background. We know the jars in application.xml are for application clients and that we should not put utility jars there - whether it is the perfect location for such information or not. I have made that point made and Craig just reiterated it. The prescribed solution is to use Class-Path because that construct already existed for downloadable jars - in my opinion that was not a good decision. That ground has been covered ad nauseam. Therein lies the problem: it fails on weblogic it fails on 3.0.2 of JBoss and Craig has just reported that it fails on 3.0.4 and 3.0.6. Since I have never seen a working example of Class-Path loads being effective I tend to discount your claim that is works. I am sure the application works but I am suspicious that it works because you have specified the utility jars that way. I would hasten to add it fails and has always failed in WebLogic 6.X service pack X. I will personally recommend you for guru-dom if you can tell me what Craig and I are doing wrong in setting this up but you have to admit tying shoe laces is more difficult that adding a jar path to Class-Path :) --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user
Re: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
The list mamager software did not accept my 59k message so I had to break it into smaller pieces. The ear file is attached to this message. /Fredrik Lindgren Rod Macpherson wrote: Fredrik, here's a little background. We know the jars in application.xml are for application clients and that we should not put utility jars there - whether it is the perfect location for such information or not. I have made that point made and Craig just reiterated it. The prescribed solution is to use Class-Path because that construct already existed for downloadable jars - in my opinion that was not a good decision. That ground has been covered ad nauseam. Therein lies the problem: it fails on weblogic it fails on 3.0.2 of JBoss and Craig has just reported that it fails on 3.0.4 and 3.0.6. Since I have never seen a working example of Class-Path loads being effective I tend to discount your claim that is works. I am sure the application works but I am suspicious that it works because you have specified the utility jars that way. I would hasten to add it fails and has always failed in WebLogic 6.X service pack X. I will personally recommend you for guru-dom if you can tell me what Craig and I are doing wrong in setting this up but you have to admit tying shoe laces is more difficult that adding a jar path to Class-Path :) - Original Message - From: Fredrik Lindgren [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 3:57 AM Subject: Re: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6 test.ear Description: Binary data
Re: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
Thanks Fredrik. Good of you to provide that sample but as Craig mentioned the case has been closed. Now have a slim 'n trim EAR file that can be dropped into a virgin JBoss install and run - or a legacy application server for that matter. - Original Message - From: Fredrik Lindgren [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 7:55 AM Subject: Re: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6 I really don't know why it is not working for you. There might be some configuration difference that we both consider irrelevant for this, and for that reason miss to recognize. Anyway, I wrote a small test application to verify that my setup still works in 3.0.6. It works on my installation (Jboss 3.0.6 unzipped and no configuration touched, jdk 1.4.1, windows 2000). I have attached the ear file and a zip file with the java sources. Please don't judge my general coding from theses sources since they were only built to test just this dependency configuration issue. I would be very interested to see if it works ok on your configuration, and if not, to learn what the difference might be. The application includes: - a third party library jar (jakarta-regexp) - a library jar of my own with just one class. - an ejb jar with a stateless session bean using classes from both library jars. - a web application war using library classes from both library jars in calls to the stateless session bean. (using only local ref for regexp since it the RE class is not serializable, but using both local and remote ref when using the test class in my own library) Just deploy the ear and hit the root context. This should give you an ugly html form with three input fields. Enter any string in the first one and give a regexp pattern an a text to split using the pattern in the second and third ones. submit and it should return some text. I haven't tested class path dependencies on weblogic, but I'll probably have the opportunity next week to test on both Websphere and Sybase EAServer. I'm really not trying to prove you wrong, I'm just informing about how I made it work for our required dependencies hoping it might help someone with similar requirements. Sincerely /Fredrik Lindgren Rod Macpherson wrote: Fredrik, here's a little background. We know the jars in application.xml are for application clients and that we should not put utility jars there - whether it is the perfect location for such information or not. I have made that point made and Craig just reiterated it. The prescribed solution is to use Class-Path because that construct already existed for downloadable jars - in my opinion that was not a good decision. That ground has been covered ad nauseam. Therein lies the problem: it fails on weblogic it fails on 3.0.2 of JBoss and Craig has just reported that it fails on 3.0.4 and 3.0.6. Since I have never seen a working example of Class-Path loads being effective I tend to discount your claim that is works. I am sure the application works but I am suspicious that it works because you have specified the utility jars that way. I would hasten to add it fails and has always failed in WebLogic 6.X service pack X. I will personally recommend you for guru-dom if you can tell me what Craig and I are doing wrong in setting this up but you have to admit tying shoe laces is more difficult that adding a jar path to Class-Path :) - Original Message - From: Fredrik Lindgren [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 3:57 AM Subject: Re: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6 You should not put these jars in application.xml, that's for application clients. You should however put the class path entries in the manifest files of the WARs and ejb jars that depend on the common library jars. I have not tested on 3.0.6, but I definately have it working in 3.0.4 /Fredrik Lindgren (not a JBoss guru, but hopefully helpful anyway) Rod Macpherson wrote: I vote they formalize the java module as a clean, intuitive and elegant mechanism for placing utility jars in EAR scope. - Original Message - From: Demyanovich, Craig - Apogent [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 6:47 PM Subject: RE: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6 3.0.4 did not work either. Like Rod, the EAR will work if I include all library JARs in application.xml as java modules. According to the FAQ that I cited earlier (http://www.jboss.org/faq.jsp#FAQ-BEANDEV-NORMALJARS), though, the use of application.xml is NOT appropriate. However, I know of no other way to create a single deployment unit for my application. I appeal to you again, JBoss gurus, please explain!!! Thanks for your time, Craig --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge
Re: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
Last piece of the message, the java sources. attached. /Fredrik Lindgren Rod Macpherson wrote: Fredrik, here's a little background. We know the jars in application.xml are for application clients and that we should not put utility jars there - whether it is the perfect location for such information or not. I have made that point made and Craig just reiterated it. The prescribed solution is to use Class-Path because that construct already existed for downloadable jars - in my opinion that was not a good decision. That ground has been covered ad nauseam. Therein lies the problem: it fails on weblogic it fails on 3.0.2 of JBoss and Craig has just reported that it fails on 3.0.4 and 3.0.6. Since I have never seen a working example of Class-Path loads being effective I tend to discount your claim that is works. I am sure the application works but I am suspicious that it works because you have specified the utility jars that way. I would hasten to add it fails and has always failed in WebLogic 6.X service pack X. I will personally recommend you for guru-dom if you can tell me what Craig and I are doing wrong in setting this up but you have to admit tying shoe laces is more difficult that adding a jar path to Class-Path :) - Original Message - From: Fredrik Lindgren [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 3:57 AM Subject: Re: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6 You should not put these jars in application.xml, that's for application clients. You should however put the class path entries in the manifest files of the WARs and ejb jars that depend on the common library jars. I have not tested on 3.0.6, but I definately have it working in 3.0.4 /Fredrik Lindgren (not a JBoss guru, but hopefully helpful anyway) Rod Macpherson wrote: I vote they formalize the java module as a clean, intuitive and elegant mechanism for placing utility jars in EAR scope. - Original Message - From: Demyanovich, Craig - Apogent [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 6:47 PM Subject: RE: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6 3.0.4 did not work either. Like Rod, the EAR will work if I include all library JARs in application.xml as java modules. According to the FAQ that I cited earlier (http://www.jboss.org/faq.jsp#FAQ-BEANDEV-NORMALJARS), though, the use of application.xml is NOT appropriate. However, I know of no other way to create a single deployment unit for my application. I appeal to you again, JBoss gurus, please explain!!! Thanks for your time, Craig --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user src.zip Description: Zip compressed data
Re: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
I did a quick check with moving the jars in the ear structure according to your three examples. As long as I adapt the class paths in the manifests so that the relative paths are correct everything works. In case a path is not correct I get NoClassDefFoundErrors. My conclusion is that as long as the paths to the J2EE modules are correct in the application.xml (relative to ear root) and class path entries in manifest files are correct (relative to the archive they belong to) everything seems to work. I'm happy to have come to common conclusions on this issue, Fredrik Lindgren Demyanovich, Craig - Apogent wrote: Frederik, Thanks for posting your test. By inspection and based on my earlier post (which arrived out of order for me) showing my BEFORE and AFTER scenarios, I believe your test will work. (I'll try it as soon as I have the chance). Below are some observations on the structure of our EAR files, using your EAR as an example in all three cases. Your EAR structure that works: root META-INF application.xml MANIFEST.MF test-ejb.jar test-web.war lib jakarta-regexp-1.2.jar test-lib.jar /root My EAR structure that doesn't work: root META-INF application.xml MANIFEST.MF ejb test-ejb.jar jakarta-regexp-1.2.jar test-lib.jar /root My EAR structure that does work: root META-INF application.xml MANIFEST.MF ejb test-ejb.jar lib jakarta-regexp-1.2.jar test-lib.jar /root Note that the common feature that allows your EAR and one of mine to work is that we reference the third-party library JARs relative to the EJB JARs (also the EAR root in your case). I propose that if you place your EJB JAR in a subdirectory of the EAR and leave your library JARs where they are, your deployment will fail as mine did, indicating that entries in the manifest of your EJB could not be read and were thus ignored, followed by NoClassDefFoundErrors. Like me, you would need to prefix the manifest entries with ../. If you try such a test, please post your results to the list. Thanks again for your help in investigating these issues. Craig --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user
RE: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
Great, Frederik and Rod! Let me summarize what we've learned: all seems well if you follow the advice in this FAQ (http://www.jboss.org/faq.jsp#FAQ-BEANDEV-NORMALJARS) about library JARS, AND in the EJB JARs' manifest file you specify paths ***relative to the EJBs***, NOT relative to the root of the EAR. I still intend to test on 2.4.10 with the hope that we can make the necessary changes to our build script that will allow us to move to 3.x with virtually no changes. I'll post the results of that test later today or tomorrow. Craig --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user
RE: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
As promised, I tried my test application on 2.4.10. Using the EAR structure below, I can deploy on both 2.4.10 and 3.x. root META-INF application.xml MANIFEST.MF ejb us_state_service.jar lib apogent-common.jar eif-ejb.jar /root As I noted earlier, the key was two-fold: 1) to use a manifest file in each EJB JAR to specify the class path to library JARs, which I was already doing; 2) to use a path relative to the EJB JARs instead of to the root of the EAR file. Thus, use whatever structure works best for your application, but always heed the aforementioned #2. Again, many thanks to all who helped. I hope that the rest of the community benefits as well. Craig --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user
Re: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
You should not put these jars in application.xml, that's for application clients. You should however put the class path entries in the manifest files of the WARs and ejb jars that depend on the common library jars. I have not tested on 3.0.6, but I definately have it working in 3.0.4 /Fredrik Lindgren (not a JBoss guru, but hopefully helpful anyway) Rod Macpherson wrote: I vote they formalize the java module as a clean, intuitive and elegant mechanism for placing utility jars in EAR scope. - Original Message - From: Demyanovich, Craig - Apogent [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 6:47 PM Subject: RE: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6 3.0.4 did not work either. Like Rod, the EAR will work if I include all library JARs in application.xml as java modules. According to the FAQ that I cited earlier (http://www.jboss.org/faq.jsp#FAQ-BEANDEV-NORMALJARS), though, the use of application.xml is NOT appropriate. However, I know of no other way to create a single deployment unit for my application. I appeal to you again, JBoss gurus, please explain!!! Thanks for your time, Craig --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user
Re: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
Fredrik, here's a little background. We know the jars in application.xml are for application clients and that we should not put utility jars there - whether it is the perfect location for such information or not. I have made that point made and Craig just reiterated it. The prescribed solution is to use Class-Path because that construct already existed for downloadable jars - in my opinion that was not a good decision. That ground has been covered ad nauseam. Therein lies the problem: it fails on weblogic it fails on 3.0.2 of JBoss and Craig has just reported that it fails on 3.0.4 and 3.0.6. Since I have never seen a working example of Class-Path loads being effective I tend to discount your claim that is works. I am sure the application works but I am suspicious that it works because you have specified the utility jars that way. I would hasten to add it fails and has always failed in WebLogic 6.X service pack X. I will personally recommend you for guru-dom if you can tell me what Craig and I are doing wrong in setting this up but you have to admit tying shoe laces is more difficult that adding a jar path to Class-Path :) - Original Message - From: Fredrik Lindgren [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 3:57 AM Subject: Re: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6 You should not put these jars in application.xml, that's for application clients. You should however put the class path entries in the manifest files of the WARs and ejb jars that depend on the common library jars. I have not tested on 3.0.6, but I definately have it working in 3.0.4 /Fredrik Lindgren (not a JBoss guru, but hopefully helpful anyway) Rod Macpherson wrote: I vote they formalize the java module as a clean, intuitive and elegant mechanism for placing utility jars in EAR scope. - Original Message - From: Demyanovich, Craig - Apogent [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 6:47 PM Subject: RE: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6 3.0.4 did not work either. Like Rod, the EAR will work if I include all library JARs in application.xml as java modules. According to the FAQ that I cited earlier (http://www.jboss.org/faq.jsp#FAQ-BEANDEV-NORMALJARS), though, the use of application.xml is NOT appropriate. However, I know of no other way to create a single deployment unit for my application. I appeal to you again, JBoss gurus, please explain!!! Thanks for your time, Craig --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user
RE: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
Fredrik, As Rod replied, we already know what we should do according to the documentation/FAQs. However, those rules/steps simply don't work for me on JBoss 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6, 3.2RC1. I've tried an existing application that deploys on 2.4.10, and I've tried a very carefully built, very simple test application; neither works on 3.x. Perhaps you could provide a test application that works for you on 3.0.4, or you could try your application on 3.0.6, or you could provide instructions for how you built your EAR. Thanks, Craig --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user
Re: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
Rod Macpherson wrote: Sure looks simple doesn't it? Manifest-Version: 1.0 Class-Path: library/mylib.jar library/myotherlib.jar I tried this on weblogic 6.0 and 6.1 long ago and it did not work. I tried it again this afternoon using a variety of simple configurations in 6.1 SP2 and it failed. I opened a case with BEA support so we will see what the deal is from their perspective. When evaluating JBoss 3.2 this same strategy was tried and it failed. A couple of people posted that it worked fine under 3.0.4 but perhaps they had those jars in the path in addition to the manifest file. Followed the same process you did; made sure there was a blank line under the Class-Path line an so on. Mine happens to be the MANIFEST.MF of a war file that is part of my EAR but same concept. It's easy enough to work around with the library or system class path or just jarring up everything multiple times. Perhaps that is why this problem is being brushed off. AFAIAC it simply does not work. Remember my spiel about the java module? Add an entry in application.xml for each loose jar and it will all magically work. Sad thing is that fails on weblogic. Ar! !-- Causes foo.jar to magically appears before all the jars 'n wars in this ear -- module java foo.jar /java /module I wish they would make that a standard and ditch the non-functional, one-off odd-ball Class-Path thing. I am still leaving the door open that this failure is actually a dumb mistake on my part -- basing that on experience:) I think your seeing a situation where the behavior has simply changed from 2.X to 3.X. - Original Message - From: Demyanovich, Craig - Apogent [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 8:43 AM Subject: RE: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6 Rod, Attached is my application.xml. The floating JAR, eif-service_locator.jar, does not have a module type; it's a JAR that contains dependencies for many of the EJBs. Check this reference (http://www.jboss.org/faq.jsp#FAQ-BEANDEV-NORMALJARS) for how I have my EAR structured. All EJBs listed in application.xml have a manifest file whose Class-Path entry lists eif-service_locator.jar and other floating JARs (I like your terminology ;-)). Likewise, I would like to know what the expected or spec-compliant behavior is for support JARs. Again, thanks for your help, Craig --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user Hi Rod. Attached is a sample from an ear file I use, in which all the Library jars can be read (and in some cases, classes extended) from. steve@gorky:/tmp/Builds/HRneXus jar -tvf ../HRneXus.ear 0 Tue Jan 21 16:36:30 EST 2003 META-INF/ 55 Tue Jan 21 16:36:30 EST 2003 META-INF/MANIFEST.MF 5142656 Tue Jan 21 16:36:14 EST 2003 HRneXus.war 283927 Tue Jan 21 16:36:18 EST 2003 HRXBroker.jar 1475 Tue Jan 21 16:36:28 EST 2003 HRXExporter.jar 121177 Tue Jan 21 16:36:28 EST 2003 HRXCommon-lib.jar 84147 Tue Jan 21 16:36:30 EST 2003 HRXSecurity-lib.jar 12821 Tue Jan 21 16:36:30 EST 2003 HRXExporter-lib.jar 1112 Tue Jan 21 16:36:30 EST 2003 META-INF/application.xml 0 Wed Nov 06 17:45:26 EST 2002 lib/ 53690 Wed Nov 06 16:23:36 EST 2002 lib/avalon-framework-cvs-20020315.jar 2163538 Wed Nov 06 16:14:34 EST 2002 lib/batik.jar 1692842 Wed Nov 06 16:23:22 EST 2002 lib/fop.jar 1812019 Sun Oct 27 13:49:46 EST 2002 xerces.jar MANIFEST.MF from one of the JAR files Manifest-Version: 1.0 Created-By: Ant 1.3 Class-Path: HRXCommon-lib.jar HRXSecurity-lib.jar HRXExporter-lib.jar lib/fop.jar lib/batik.jar lib/xerces.jar I should probably point out that this is from JBoss 3.0.0/3.0.1. Also, some of the lib.jar files have dependencies on other lib.jar files. If the jars load only when you list them in the applications.xml file, I have to wonder if they are being packed up into the right package in the ear file? In other words, if they are listed in the library directory of the ear file in the MANIFEST.MF file, does the file really exist in the library folder of the ear file? Just a thought. -Steve -- Java/J2EE Developer 214-724-7741 --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user
Re: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
This whole issue only arises when you try to get a slimmed down EAR with no duplicates. There are so many ways to work around this that it comes as no surprise that you one ends up shrugging if off as no biggie but when several folks reported the problem I wanted to get to the bottom of it. Turned out it was my ant script. Yes, put everything in the right place with the correct syntax and all of that but assumed, incorrectly, that the class loader would pick up MANIFEST.MF. Jarred everything up with no complaint from ANT (it was supposed to complain about this) but there was a problem. HINT: jar.. manifest=some-manifest.mf ... metainf dir=whatever include file=* /metainf jar Make sure you DO NOT have MANIFEST.MF in META-INF or where it ultimately must be to actually work. Create manifest files (call 'em anything you like) and include that particular file in the jar manifest attribute. Feel free to flame away for having missed this. - Original Message - From: Stephen Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 3:04 PM Subject: Re: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6 Rod Macpherson wrote: Sure looks simple doesn't it? Manifest-Version: 1.0 Class-Path: library/mylib.jar library/myotherlib.jar I tried this on weblogic 6.0 and 6.1 long ago and it did not work. I tried it again this afternoon using a variety of simple configurations in 6.1 SP2 and it failed. I opened a case with BEA support so we will see what the deal is from their perspective. When evaluating JBoss 3.2 this same strategy was tried and it failed. A couple of people posted that it worked fine under 3.0.4 but perhaps they had those jars in the path in addition to the manifest file. Followed the same process you did; made sure there was a blank line under the Class-Path line an so on. Mine happens to be the MANIFEST.MF of a war file that is part of my EAR but same concept. It's easy enough to work around with the library or system class path or just jarring up everything multiple times. Perhaps that is why this problem is being brushed off. AFAIAC it simply does not work. Remember my spiel about the java module? Add an entry in application.xml for each loose jar and it will all magically work. Sad thing is that fails on weblogic. Ar! !-- Causes foo.jar to magically appears before all the jars 'n wars in this ear -- module java foo.jar /java /module I wish they would make that a standard and ditch the non-functional, one-off odd-ball Class-Path thing. I am still leaving the door open that this failure is actually a dumb mistake on my part -- basing that on experience:) I think your seeing a situation where the behavior has simply changed from 2.X to 3.X. - Original Message - From: Demyanovich, Craig - Apogent [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 8:43 AM Subject: RE: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6 Rod, Attached is my application.xml. The floating JAR, eif-service_locator.jar, does not have a module type; it's a JAR that contains dependencies for many of the EJBs. Check this reference (http://www.jboss.org/faq.jsp#FAQ-BEANDEV-NORMALJARS) for how I have my EAR structured. All EJBs listed in application.xml have a manifest file whose Class-Path entry lists eif-service_locator.jar and other floating JARs (I like your terminology ;-)). Likewise, I would like to know what the expected or spec-compliant behavior is for support JARs. Again, thanks for your help, Craig --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user Hi Rod. Attached is a sample from an ear file I use, in which all the Library jars can be read (and in some cases, classes extended) from. steve@gorky:/tmp/Builds/HRneXus jar -tvf ../HRneXus.ear 0 Tue Jan 21 16:36:30 EST 2003 META-INF/ 55 Tue Jan 21 16:36:30 EST 2003 META-INF/MANIFEST.MF 5142656 Tue Jan 21 16:36:14 EST 2003 HRneXus.war 283927 Tue Jan 21 16:36:18 EST 2003 HRXBroker.jar 1475 Tue Jan 21 16:36:28 EST 2003 HRXExporter.jar 121177 Tue Jan 21 16:36:28 EST 2003 HRXCommon-lib.jar 84147 Tue Jan 21 16:36:30 EST 2003 HRXSecurity-lib.jar 12821 Tue Jan 21 16:36:30 EST 2003 HRXExporter-lib.jar 1112 Tue Jan 21 16:36:30 EST 2003 META-INF/application.xml 0 Wed Nov 06 17:45:26 EST 2002 lib/ 53690 Wed Nov 06 16:23:36 EST 2002 lib/avalon-framework-cvs-20020315.jar 2163538 Wed Nov 06 16:14:34 EST 2002 lib/batik.jar 1692842 Wed Nov 06 16:23:22 EST 2002 lib/fop.jar 1812019 Sun Oct 27 13:49:46 EST 2002 xerces.jar MANIFEST.MF from
RE: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
Here's the structure of my EAR file: root META-INF MANIFEST.MF application.xml ejb BatchAddition.jar ... eif-service_locator.jar /root Please, does anyone have any ideas why the EAR structure above works in 2.4.x but not in 3.0.5, 3.0.6 or 3.2.0RC1? I apologize if the tone in my previous posts turned anyone away. I did say that this issue does not affect anything in production, but I would like to move to JBoss 3.x as soon as I can. Thanks for your help, Craig --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user
Re: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
Posting your application.xml file would help. You have a jar file floating out there (eif-service_locator.jar) but where is that referenced and what is its module type? I assume it contains vanilla beans. Where does it say that you can put jar files in the root of an EAR and expect them to be accessible? That is not a rhetorical question: maybe you have a more accurate reference than me. Here is a theory: 2.4.10 was loading that jar in the EAR class loader when it should not have been doing so? I have a couple of corollary questions. The first one the MANIFST.MF Class-Path settings which appear to have on-again-off-again functionality depending on the version you have - ditto for weblogic. Those settings appear to be part of the deployment description so why not put them in the deployment descriptor? It really stands out like a sore thumb. That is a J2EE standards question mind you. The second question is regarding the java module in an application.xml file. That works perfectly in JBoss for loading jars with EAR scope. Should it? A jar of vanilla beans is not a J2EE client application so how does that load in the first place? I am glad it works and wish they could just stipulate that a java module can be used to load utility jars. Mine is not to question why... :) - Original Message - From: Demyanovich, Craig - Apogent [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 7:35 AM Subject: RE: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6 Here's the structure of my EAR file: root META-INF MANIFEST.MF application.xml ejb BatchAddition.jar ... eif-service_locator.jar /root Please, does anyone have any ideas why the EAR structure above works in 2.4.x but not in 3.0.5, 3.0.6 or 3.2.0RC1? I apologize if the tone in my previous posts turned anyone away. I did say that this issue does not affect anything in production, but I would like to move to JBoss 3.x as soon as I can. Thanks for your help, Craig --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user
RE: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
Rod, Attached is my application.xml. The floating JAR, eif-service_locator.jar, does not have a module type; it's a JAR that contains dependencies for many of the EJBs. Check this reference (http://www.jboss.org/faq.jsp#FAQ-BEANDEV-NORMALJARS) for how I have my EAR structured. All EJBs listed in application.xml have a manifest file whose Class-Path entry lists eif-service_locator.jar and other floating JARs (I like your terminology ;-)). Likewise, I would like to know what the expected or spec-compliant behavior is for support JARs. Again, thanks for your help, Craig application.xml Description: Binary data
Re: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
Sure looks simple doesn't it? Manifest-Version: 1.0 Class-Path: library/mylib.jar library/myotherlib.jar I tried this on weblogic 6.0 and 6.1 long ago and it did not work. I tried it again this afternoon using a variety of simple configurations in 6.1 SP2 and it failed. I opened a case with BEA support so we will see what the deal is from their perspective. When evaluating JBoss 3.2 this same strategy was tried and it failed. A couple of people posted that it worked fine under 3.0.4 but perhaps they had those jars in the path in addition to the manifest file. Followed the same process you did; made sure there was a blank line under the Class-Path line an so on. Mine happens to be the MANIFEST.MF of a war file that is part of my EAR but same concept. It's easy enough to work around with the library or system class path or just jarring up everything multiple times. Perhaps that is why this problem is being brushed off. AFAIAC it simply does not work. Remember my spiel about the java module? Add an entry in application.xml for each loose jar and it will all magically work. Sad thing is that fails on weblogic. Ar! !-- Causes foo.jar to magically appears before all the jars 'n wars in this ear -- module java foo.jar /java /module I wish they would make that a standard and ditch the non-functional, one-off odd-ball Class-Path thing. I am still leaving the door open that this failure is actually a dumb mistake on my part -- basing that on experience:) I think your seeing a situation where the behavior has simply changed from 2.X to 3.X. - Original Message - From: Demyanovich, Craig - Apogent [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 8:43 AM Subject: RE: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6 Rod, Attached is my application.xml. The floating JAR, eif-service_locator.jar, does not have a module type; it's a JAR that contains dependencies for many of the EJBs. Check this reference (http://www.jboss.org/faq.jsp#FAQ-BEANDEV-NORMALJARS) for how I have my EAR structured. All EJBs listed in application.xml have a manifest file whose Class-Path entry lists eif-service_locator.jar and other floating JARs (I like your terminology ;-)). Likewise, I would like to know what the expected or spec-compliant behavior is for support JARs. Again, thanks for your help, Craig --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user
RE: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
Thanks, Rod, for taking the time to investigate with me. I've just finished trying a contrived application on 3.0.6, but it failed to deploy as well. Perhaps I'll try 3.0.4. JBoss gurus, please help!!! Craig --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user
RE: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
3.0.4 did not work either. Like Rod, the EAR will work if I include all library JARs in application.xml as java modules. According to the FAQ that I cited earlier (http://www.jboss.org/faq.jsp#FAQ-BEANDEV-NORMALJARS), though, the use of application.xml is NOT appropriate. However, I know of no other way to create a single deployment unit for my application. I appeal to you again, JBoss gurus, please explain!!! Thanks for your time, Craig --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user
Re: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
I vote they formalize the java module as a clean, intuitive and elegant mechanism for placing utility jars in EAR scope. - Original Message - From: Demyanovich, Craig - Apogent [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 6:47 PM Subject: RE: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6 3.0.4 did not work either. Like Rod, the EAR will work if I include all library JARs in application.xml as java modules. According to the FAQ that I cited earlier (http://www.jboss.org/faq.jsp#FAQ-BEANDEV-NORMALJARS), though, the use of application.xml is NOT appropriate. However, I know of no other way to create a single deployment unit for my application. I appeal to you again, JBoss gurus, please explain!!! Thanks for your time, Craig --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user
RE: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
Let me add more information. - Win XP Pro SP1 + hotfixes - Java 2 SDK 1.4.1_01 - created custom server config from default I tried 3.2RC1 and received the same errors as in my original post. I plan to try 3.0.5 as soon as I can. Also, I seek to know the *correct* way to deploy the EAR that I described; while temporary fixes are good to know, I'm not in a hurry such that I need them. I can continue to run on 2.4.10 or the 2.4.x branch as long as I need to do so. By all means, though, I welcome very much all ideas. Thanks for your help, Craig --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user
RE: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
3.0.5 failed in the same way that 3.0.6 and 3.2RC1 have failed. Please share any thoughts that you may have. Thanks, Craig --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user
Re: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6
I reported that setting the MANIFEST.MF Class-Path did not work in 3.0.2 however at least one contributor to this mailing list assured me that it definitely does work. Clearly you have evidence to the contrary. I don't use that anymore. Specify the shared jars in application.xml with the java tag everything loads just fine. I will try this on another platform to see if it's portable. The java element is definitely portable but my understanding was that it had to be a bona fide application complete with its own META-INF/application.xml. In this example the classes in utility.jar are part of the ear classloader and by extension visible to the EJBs and the webapp. Why isn't this just stipulated as THE way to share utility classes among EAR components? application module javautility.jar/java /module module ejbejb.jar/ejb /module module web web-uriwebapp.war/web-uri context-root//context-root /web /module /application - Original Message - From: Demyanovich, Craig - Apogent [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 5:05 PM Subject: [JBoss-user] EAR works in 2.4.10 but not in 3.0.6 Hello everyone, Here's the structure of my EAR file: root META-INF MANIFEST.MF application.xml ejb BatchAddition.jar ... eif-service_locator.jar /root When I deploy my EAR and start JBoss 3.0.6, I receive the following warnings, which eventually lead to stack traces caused by NoClassDefFoundError: 2003-01-29 15:14:29,091 WARN [org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer] The manifest entry in file:/C:/tools/jboss-3.0.6/server/apogent_dss/tmp/deploy/server/apogent_dss/ deploy/dss_ras_production.ear/26.dss_ras_production.ear-contents/ejb/BatchAd dition.jar references URL file:/C:/tools/jboss-3.0.6/server/apogent_dss/tmp/deploy/server/apogent_dss/ deploy/dss_ras_production.ear/26.dss_ras_production.ear-contents/ejb/eif-ser vice_locator.jar which could not be opened, entry ignored It is true that my library JARs, such as eif-service_locator.jar above, are not present in the temporary folder indicated above. In fact, the only file ever present there is BatchAddition.jar. This EAR structure works in JBoss 2.4.10, and the FAQs for JBoss 3 indicate that it should work. The application.xml contains all EJBs, and each JAR in the ejb folder of the EAR has a manifest classpath entry for the libraries at the root of the EAR. I would greatly appreciate any help that you can offer. Also, please point me to any advice there may be for migrating from 2.4.x to 3.0.x. Many thanks for your time, Craig --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ___ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user
