I just have my ejb classes in their own directory:
ear/ejb/source
ear/web/WEB-INF/classes
I have a makefile in the /ear directory that recompiles all the
servlets and ejb.
I do have to restart the application after changes to the EJBs.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duffey, Kevin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: October 20, 2000 2:17 PM
> To: Orion-Interest
> Subject: RE: EJB Help..
>
> Thanks.
>
> I only meant to use the /classes folder because my ejb code is in the same
> project as the rest of my code (Servlets, javabeans, action classes, etc).
> Since it all compiles to the same one folder, I assume I will have to
> "move"
> the ejb compiled classes every time I compile them. What I was hoping for
> was a way to not have to do this..instead, just let the whole project
> compile to the WEB-INF/classes folder (all my code), and then have Orion
> pick up on the ejb changes from that point. It appears to me from what
> everyone is saying I will have to use some sort of script every time I
> make
> a change to an ejb, which my first thoughts is a pain in the ass. Its very
> easy to develop servlets, action classes, javabeans, core classes, but ejb
> not only requires 3 classes per component, but lots of "special" work just
> to get the thing deployed. Then, every time you make a change, it requires
> the same process. I would think turn-around time for ejb development is on
> the order of a couple of minutes for every change you make. That results
> in
> a lot slower development cycle than I am currently using.
>
> Worse, I have started hearing alot of people turn away from ejb and going
> back to servlets because of development time, and performance. Supposedly
> the ejb stuff isn't living up to all the hype. However, I look at what the
> ejb container does for you (connection pooling, transactions, security,
> instance pooling, etc) and it seems there is alot of stuff I wont have to
> do
> on the side of persistence, transactions and security..so maybe the extra
> time is worth it? ;)
>
> Anyways..I did as one person suggested in this list, I set up in my
> application.xml like so:
>
> <module>
> <ejb>/path/www/WEB-INF/classes/</ejb>
> </module>
>
> and Orion seems to be finding the classes (the ejb). However, I keep
> seeing
> an error appear. It says something like:
>
> Error compiling class c:/path/www/WEB-INF/classes/ Login.java
> LoginBean.java LoginHome.java can't find method create()in LoginBean.java
>
> Its a very strange message to me. If I change the <module> path, it tells
> me
> it can't find the classes. If I delete the classes, it also tells me it
> can't find them. So I assume the path is set correctly in the module <ejb>
> tag..as it is finding the classes. I am just not sure why the heck its
> giving me some compiler error..or why its even trying to compile
> them..they
> are already compiled.
>
> Anyways..I'll keep plugging away.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stanislav Maximov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 6:34 PM
> > To: Orion-Interest
> > Subject: RE: EJB Help..
> >
> >
> > Kevin,
> > look inside the news-application example bundled with Orion,
> > lots of things
> > will become clear for you after that.
> > <www-dir>/WEB-INF/classes directory is for servlet classes,
> > not for EJBs.
> > You'll see how to deploy EJBs in that example and in
> > documentation as well.
> >
> > stas@
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> > Duffey, Kevin
> > > Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 3:45 AM
> > > To: Orion-Interest
> > > Subject: RE: EJB Help..
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for the note. One thing..since I compile all of my
> > classes into the
> > > www/WEB-INF/classes dir, should I put a META-INF in the
> > /classes dir, and
> > > just point the module to the WEB-INF/classes folder? Would
> > that work?
> > >
> > > Not that I want you to tell me everything, ok..I do, but
> > what exactly do I
> > > need to get EJB deployed in that way? My first stab that I
> > want to do is
> > > create a login process. I would like to use statless session
> > > beans, and also
> > > use an entity bean..using CMP. I created 3 classes, Login,
> > LoginBean and
> > > LoginHome. I have them in com.mycompany.ejb package. That
> > compiles to
> > > www/WEB-INF/classes dir. So do I make application.xml like so:
> > >
> > > <module>/www/WEB-INF/classes</module>
> > >
> > > where the com folder starts? Or do I actually have to point them
> > > directly to
> > > the .class files themselves? If the classes are compiled in
> > a package, I
> > > assume I need to point the ejb module setting to the root
> > package right?
> > > Furthermore, do I need that ejb.xml file in META-INF? If so, what
> > > should it
> > > be set to if I am using an expanded dir? Lastly, how the
> > heck to I get the
> > > entity bean added..is that a forth class, or a whole set of
> > 3 different
> > > classes, one being the entity bean, the other two being
> > like the home and
> > > remote objects? It seems kind of silly that I would need 6
> > > classes to do the
> > > login process..3 for the session/logic stuff, and 3 for the
> > > entity/database
> > > mapping.
> > >
> > > Thanks so much..I appreciate the help.
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Mike Cannon-Brookes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 3:39 PM
> > > > To: Orion-Interest
> > > > Subject: RE: EJB Help..
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Kevin,
> > > >
> > > > With any *ar file in Orion, you can use a directory instead.
> > > >
> > > > eg
> > > > <module>
> > > > <ejb>./myejbs.jar</ejb>
> > > > </module>
> > > >
> > > > can just be
> > > >
> > > > <module>
> > > > <ejb>./myejbs</ejb>
> > > > </module>
> > > >
> > > > where ./myejbs is a directory structure which has the
> > same structure
> > > > (META-INF directories etc) as inside the myejbs.jar
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> > > > Duffey, Kevin
> > > > Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 5:37 AM
> > > > To: Orion-Interest
> > > > Subject: EJB Help..
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I am trying my hand at EJB with Orion, and I am wondering if
> > > > there is any
> > > > way to avoid the hassle of always having to package the ejb
> > > > classes into a
> > > > .jar file, and so on. Is there any way at all to develop and
> > > > deploy ejbs
> > > > using an expanded dir structure, much like in the development
> > > > of a .war
> > > > file..where you have the whole www dir, WEB-INF, etc
> > > > expanded..but then jar
> > > > it up and rename it to .war for deployment? It seems rather
> > > > tedious on ejb
> > > > development every time a change is made, the whole thing has to be
> > > > repackaged and deployed. I know there are some tools, such as
> > > > JBuilder,
> > > > VisualCafe, etc that do this for you somewhat nicely..but
> > > > even those take a
> > > > little bit of time to do it. So, for the purposes of
> > > > development, where many
> > > > changes are happening on any regular basis, how can I quickly
> > > > develop and
> > > > test ejb, with Orion, or any app server for that matter.
> > I do want the
> > > > ability for the context.lookup() call to work. The reason
> > > > is..I have two
> > > > computers, networked. I want to develop the ejbs on one
> > > > computer, and have
> > > > my www stuff on the other hitting them over the network so
> > > > that i can get
> > > > some kind of feel of the performance. I have a 4-way
> > switch, so I can
> > > > develop www stuff, then switch over to the other computer and
> > > > do some ejb
> > > > stuff. I will run one instance of Orion on each computer.
> > > > However, I don't
> > > > mind also being able to run www and ejb stuff in the same on
> > > > instance on one
> > > > computer, as long as the lookup stuff is used the same way,
> > > > even though the
> > > > ejb's are running locally.
> > > >
> > > > Any pointers on how to set up Orion to do this, including the
> > > > application.xml <module> tag (how to point it to the right
> > > > place instead of
> > > > the ejb.jar file, for example so that the ejbs will get
> > > > picked up by the
> > > > server), web.xml, orion-web.xml, server.xml, etc..anything
> > > > that needs to be
> > > > done to get this to work.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks so much for any help.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
