Executing a .jar on deployment?

[c-phi]

Hi,

I am having a problem getting a .jar file to execute a class upon deployment.

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The contents/listings of my .jar are as follows:

/meta-inf/Manifest.mf
/foo/TestClass.class

Manifest.mf listing:

Manifest-Version: 1.0
Created-By: 1.4.1_01 (Sun Microsystems Inc.)
Main-Class: foo.TestClass

TestClass.java listing:

package foo;

public class TestClass {

public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("TEST **** TEST");
}
}
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When I copy the .jar file to the server/default/deploy directory, the following is displayed in the console:

13:49:15,750 INFO [MainDeployer] Starting deployment of package: file:/D:/jboss
-3.0.6_tomcat-4.1.18/server/default/deploy/RandomTest.jar
13:49:15,750 INFO [MainDeployer] Deployed package: file:/D:/jboss-3.0.6_tomcat-
4.1.18/server/default/deploy/RandomTest.jar

The main() method of TestClass is not executed. If I execute the .jar from the command line (java -jar RandomTest.jar) .. it works.

Please help .. am I missing some JBOSS specific configuration?

Thanks in advance,

Colin

[sczadzeck]

You need to include deployment descriptor files (e.g. jboss.xml, ejb-jar.xml, etc.)in your JAR. Also, make sure they are in the \meta-inf directory. If you're new to J2EE and JBOSS you should check out the JBOSS 3.0 Getting Started guide. This should help you get off the ground.

Good Luck,
Scott