configure scheduling of mbean in .sar

[sfisque]

running jboss as 4.2.3-GA

i have a .sar which contains an mbean, its interface, and the appropriate jboss-service.xml file.

if i configure a scheduler in the jboss-service.xml file, it fires up correctly and everything is happy.

if i remove the scheduling mbean block, and try to configure a scheduler mbean outside the .sar file (similar to the scheduler-service.xml file), that i have named as export-scheduler.xml, it does not work.

basically i get "is waiting for an appropriate deployer" Exception when i deploy the mbean xml file.

is there some extra configuration or missing tag i need to have an "external" mbean talk to the mbean deployed in my .sar?

the basic goal i have is to externalize configuration so that i can tune the frequency of the scheduler without having to redeploy a new .sar each time. i just want to twiddle the .xml file and have it redeploy with the new values.

TIA

== stanton

[sfisque]

... or failing that, is there a way to get the scheduler mbean (if deployed from the .sar) to watch for a configuration file (similar to how .rar files are configured via external xml files).

TIA

== sfisque

[sfisque]

discovered the answer for anyone else who trips over this or a similar issue.

the "external" mbean descriptor has to end with "-service.xml". i was assuming ".xml" was enough.

== stanton