MBean inside an EAR without Annotations

[jimmycallaghan]

I'm trying to modify a few of the MBeans that we use in our applications to use XML configuration instead of their current annotations so that I can make use of the descriptions and parameter names etc that can't be changed with the annotations. However, I simply can't get the things to deploy. I've tried all sorts of configurations but there isn't much (any) documentation on this.

Can anyone tell me what configurations I need where. The latest content structure I've tried is:

ear
- jboss-service.xml (contains the MBean definition pointing to META-INF/my-xmbean.xml)
-META-INF
-- jboss-app.xml
-- application.xml
-- my-xmbean.xml
-lib
-- jar1.jar
-- jar2.jar
-- jar3.jar (this jar contains the MBean code)

Any help is much appreciated.

[jimmycallaghan]

I've also tried:

ear
- META-INF
- lib
- - jar1.jar
- - jar2.jar
- - jar3.jar
- - - META-INF
- - - - my-xmbean.xml
- - - - jboss-service.xml
- - jar4.jar
...

But to no avail.

[jimmycallaghan]

Got it:

ear
- META-INF
- lib
- - jar1.jar
- - jar2.jar
- - jar3.jar
- - jar4.jar
- - - META-INF
- - - classes
- - - jboss-service.xml
- - - my-xmbean.xml

Just put the xml config in the jar that contains the JMXBean. No need to play around with META-INF etc.

[rhodan76]

We used following instructions for jboss 4.2.x:

1. zip your mbean as an sar-archive

2. Create in your ear's META-INF an jboss-app.xml and register there your mbean.

<jboss-app>

your-mbean.sar

</jboss-app>

3. package ear, deploy

[rhodan76]

ooops - missed some lines - try this:

<jboss-app>

your-mbean.sar

</jboss-app>

[rhodan76]

ok, the forum is tricking me - next try:

<jboss-app>
 <module>
 <service>lims-license-service.sar</service>
 </module>
</jboss-app>