deployment API?

[jamy_blue]

Does JBoss have deployment API that developers can use it to deploy an application programmatically?
And how to use the API to deploy?
Could someone give me some examples?
Thanks.

[jj]

JBoss is hot deployable. Is there some reason why you don't want to just write code that copies/moves your jar into the deploy directory? If so, you'll have to create your own Deployment info and call MainDeployer.create.

[jamy_blue]

Yes. I do have some reason to do that.
Could you give me an example about using MainDeployer?
I'm very thankful.

[jj]

Check out the test suite:

jboss-3.2.3-src/testsuite/src/main/org/jboss/test/jmx/test
jboss-3.2.3-src/testsuite/src/main/org/jboss/test/JBossTestCase.java

[jamy_blue]

Thanks, I read the source code of JBoss, but I still confused about how to deploy and config on JBoss....:(

Could you show me a clear example?
Thank you again!

[jj]

Sorry,
I don't have anything other than what I already suggested.
jj

[jamy_blue]

I use RMIAdapter to invoke the EJB, but after I restart the JBOSS AS, I can not find the EJB any more.

What's the problem? How to make the EJB persistent?
May I manage it by MBean? How to do it ?
Could someone help me?

[darranl]

Ok lets just check that I understand your post correctly :-

I use RMIAdapter to invoke the EJB, but after I restart the JBOSS AS, I can not find the EJB any more.

Is interpreted as :-

I use RMIAdapter to deploy the EJB, but after I restart the JBOSS AS, I can not find the EJB any more.


What's the problem? How to make the EJB persistent?

Should be interpreted as :-

What's the problem? How can I make sure that the EJB is deployed next time JBoss is started?


If I have interpreted your post correctly, when JBoss starts up it does not use a list of previously deployed components it just searches the deploy folder for items to deploy.

You have two options :-

1) - Place the component being deployed in the deploy folder so that it will be picked up in the future. (You haven't explained why you can't do this).

2) - Implement a component to cache the components being deployed and when JBoss starts up you can ask the MainDeployer to deploy them again.

[raja05]

"raja05" wrote:
Or add the external directory containing ur deployment unit to the list of directories scanned for deployment.

[jamy_blue]

Thank you, raja05 and darranl!

You're right. When JBoss restarts, it just loads the deployment under it's own deploy directory. It's a problem.
I do all that because I supposed I can't access the JBOSS directories.

I'm very interesting in what raja05 said:

add the external directory containing ur deployment unit to the list of directories scanned for deployment.

Can you tell me how to do it?

Thanks a lot!