Hi: Can't comment on item 1 yet ! Item 2 is correct J2EE components are not visible outside the EAR container as suggested or their own WAR container, but working on a solution.
Will look at your WL 6.1 ant script today. Cheers David L. Wasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Vincent Massol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David L. Wasler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 16 December 2001 19:41 > > To: Cactus Users List > > Subject: RE: Packaging Cactus in a J2EE > application (WAS RE: Cactus : > > Struts) > > > > --- Vincent Massol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi: > > > > My approach is to house Cactus and JUint in own > WAR > > components house inside an EAR component. > > 1/ That won't work in the future with EJB redirector > 2/ That won't work as other WAR won't have access to > the cactus and > junit jars > > > If current > > application servers can't accept this concept , > there > > not much we can do! > > It is not the problem of current application servers > ! This is simply > not in the spec. ! > > > > > Were you have JAR I would replace them with WAR > > components. > > > > I'm currently setting up my IDE enviroment to > > automaticly build such a component and deploy to > > Weblogic 6.0 and 6.1 > > You might be interested in the ant script for > WebLogic 6.1 that I have > committed today (in sample/build directory of cactus > distribution). > > -Vincent > > > > > Cheers > > David L. Wasler > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: David L. Wasler > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: 15 December 2001 20:55 > > > > To: Cactus Users List > > > > Subject: Re: Packaging Cactus in a J2EE > > > application (WAS RE: Cactus : > > > > Struts) > > > > > > > > Hi Vincent: > > > > > > > > I agree with on you " some what" on your EAR > > > > component directory structure, can't provided > a > > > better > > > > one yet. My directory structure is very close > to > > > your, > > > > but maybe my approach will not work, > > > > > > what is your structure ? I can tell you if it > will > > > work or not if you > > > show it to me. > > > > > > > will have try it > > > > out. If we use an IDE like TogetherSoft , I > think > > > > JBuilder we should be able to write an XML > file > > > that > > > > Ant could use. > > > > > > Maybe but what's the use ? Cactus already > provides > > > these Ant scripts. > > > > > > > In short define traget application > > > > server. > > > > > > Cactus already provides support for a few > > > application servers through > > > Ant scripts. > > > > > > > > > > > We could look at SOAP also. > > > > > > Not sure what you mean here ? SOAP to do what ? > > > > > > -Vincent > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > David L. Wasler > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > --- Vincent Massol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: David L. Wasler > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > Sent: 15 December 2001 18:30 > > > > > > To: Cactus Users List > > > > > > Subject: RE: Cactus : Struts > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi: > > > > > > > > > > > > As a suggestion, you might want to build a > EAR > > > > > > component which hold multiples WAR > components, > > > in > > > > > > WL6.1 you can set roles and rules for > these > > > > > > components. Not sure if BEA has fixed all > the > > > bugs > > > > > in > > > > > > this feature. > > > > > > > > > > No it hasn't ... :) > > > > > > > > > > Here is a packaging that I propose for > packaging > > > > > Cactus in an EAR : > > > > > > > > > > Mytest.ear > > > > > |_ myejbjar.jar > > > > > |_ META-INF > > > > > |_ manifest.mf (ref. lib/cactus.jar, > > > > > lib/log4j.jar, lib/junit.jar) > > > > > |_ classes > > > > > |_ mywar.war > > > > > |_ META-INF > > > > > |_ manifest.mf (ref. lib/cactus.jar, > > > > > lib/log4j.jar, lib/junit.jar) > > > > > > > > > > |_ WEB-INF > > > > > |_ web.xml (inc. cactus mapping) > > > > > |_ lib > > > > > |_ struts.jar > > > > > |_ classes > > > > > |_ classes + test classes > > > > > |_ lib > > > > > |_ cactus.jar > > > > > |_ log4j.jar > > > > > |_ junit.jar > > > > > > > > > > This would be the "ideal" packaging. > However, > > > there > > > > > are a few issues, > > > > > depending on the application server you use > (as > > > they > > > > > don't all fully > > > > > respect EAR packaging yet). For example, > here > > > are > > > > > the gotchas with WL6.1 > > > > > : > > > > > > > > > > * It does not accept jar put in a directory > for > > > > > external libraries (i.e. > > > > > using Class-Path in the manifest file). So > you > > > have > > > > > to put cactus.jar, > > > > > log4j.jar and junit.jar at the top level in > the > > > ear > > > > > and not under a lib > > > > > directory. > > > > > > > > > > * I'm not sure it supports using external > > > libraries > > > > > for war files, in > > > > > which case we would have to copy the jar > files > > > to > > > > > mywar.war/WEB-INF/lib. > > > > > > > > > > -Vincent > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > David L. Wasler > === message truncated === ===== Thank You David L. Wasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] 714-742-0311 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! 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