[hoos]

Here's my server log file with debug switched on:

03:16:09,225 INFO [Server] JBoss (MX MicroKernel) [3.2.3 (build: CVSTag=JBoss_3_2_3 date=200311301
45)] Started in 12s:668ms
03:16:24,207 INFO [MainDeployer] Starting deployment of package: file:/C:/jboss-3.2.3/server/defau
t/deploy/sessionjmxmanager.sar
03:16:24,207 DEBUG [MainDeployer] Starting deployment (init step) of package at: file:/C:/jboss-3.2
3/server/default/deploy/sessionjmxmanager.sar
03:16:24,207 DEBUG [MainDeployer] using deployer org.jboss.deployment.SARDeployer@12d263f
03:16:24,207 DEBUG [SARDeployer] about to copy 0 local directories
03:16:24,207 DEBUG [SARDeployer] looking for nested deployments in : file:/C:/jboss-3.2.3/server/de
ault/deploy/sessionjmxmanager.sar
03:16:24,217 DEBUG [LocalJBossServerDomain] handleNotification: javax.management.Notification[sourc
=jboss.system:service=ServiceDeployer,type=org.jboss.deployment.SubDeployer.init,sequenceNumber=87,
imeStamp=1083032184217,message=null,userData=org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentInfo@bb32da1f { url=fil
:/C:/jboss-3.2.3/server/default/deploy/sessionjmxmanager.sar }
deployer: org.jboss.deployment.SARDeployer@12d263f
status: null
state: INIT_DEPLOYER
watch: file:/C:/jboss-3.2.3/server/default/deploy/sessionjmxmanager.sar
lastDeployed: 0
lastModified: 0
mbeans:
]
03:16:24,217 DEBUG [DeploymentInfo] createLoaderRepository from config: LoaderRepositoryConfig(repo
itoryName: JMImplementation:service=LoaderRepository,name=Default, repositoryClassName: null, confi
ParserClassName: null, repositoryConfig: null)
03:16:24,217 DEBUG [UnifiedClassLoader] New jmx UCL with url file:/C:/jboss-3.2.3/server/default/tm
/deploy/tmp24604sessionjmxmanager.sar

I noteiced other mbeans clearly state their dependcies e.g.

Depends On Me: jboss.mq:service=Invoker
ObjectName: jboss.mq:service=SecurityManager
state: CONFIGURED
I Depend On: jboss.mq:service=DestinationManager

So it does look like my dependncies are not being picked up :(

[raja05]

Could be a silly try but can you swap the order of module and service in the depends clause. Its different in the jmx-console against the one in ur .xml file. The module and service are swapped. Im not sure if it makes a difference, but maybe worth a try!!

[hoos]

Raja,

At this point nothing is too silly to try! Alas I tried it with no luck.

Is it possible to tell jboss to deploy from another directory, AFTER the deploy directory (this would make for a workaround). I managed to get jboss to scan anoher directory but it seems to still deploy any sars found in other directories first (damn foiled again).

By the way I am now willing to cough up £50 for solution to this, not much I know but just as a token gesture!

Help me!

[hoos]

Ok, I have a work around using the PrefixDeploymentSorter.

I seperated my jmx bean and placed it in a different deploy dir (2deploy)

From the jboss logfiles I can see everything being deployed from the deploy dir incluing my EAR file. Then the contents of 2deploy are deployed.

Very cluncky but at least i can get on with some work now. If anyone manages to get a better solution working please tell me. I guess what would be nice is if the depends tags worked, may do, just not for me and my miserable complex deployment :(

I will certainly get back to this when i get some extra time to see whats going on.

I will also try naimg my mbean as mbean.sar.last to see if this works.

[jae77]

try this:

<service>

 <mbean code="com.xensia.jmx.SessionManager"
 name="xensia.jmx:name=SessionManagerMBean">
<depends>jboss.j2ee:service=EJB,jndiName=ejb/SystemSettingBean</depends>
<depends>jboss.j2ee:service=EJB,jndiName=ejb/SessionManagerBean</depends>
 </mbean>

</service>

as your jboss-service.xml file. this should work w/o issue. the rest of jboss uses dependencies like this and deploys w/o issue. i am not sure if you can depend on a "jar" like that.

also, what do the contents of your application.xml and jboss-app.xml file look like?

[brokenjacko]

I am coming into this late...but how do you add the using xdoclets?

[jae77]

"brokenjacko" wrote:
I am coming into this late...but how do you add the <depends></depends> using xdoclets?

i can't find anything for this on the xdoclet site, so i'm going to guess that it needs to be done w/ a merge file (i'm still relatively new to xdoclet).

[stephanenicoll]

"jae77" wrote:

"brokenjacko" wrote:
I am coming into this late...but how do you add the <depends></depends> using xdoclets?

i can't find anything for this on the xdoclet site, so i'm going to guess that it needs to be done w/ a merge file (i'm still relatively new to xdoclet).

It's available on the xdoclet CVS (HEAD).

@jboss.depends name="ObjectName" at class level.

You need either to build jboss module from CVS, or wait the Xdoclet 1.2.1 release (which will be out soon according to the dev list).

Regards,

Stephane

[jae77]

cool - thx for that update!!

[hoos]

Hello jae,

I tried your suggestion for the jboss-service.xml file but I got exactly the
same error as before.

I also tried declaring a new dependency on a timer service

<service>
<mbean code="com.xensia.jmx.SessionManager"
 name="xensia.jmx:name=SessionManagerMBean">

 <depends>DefaultDomain:service=timer</depends>
 <depends>jboss.j2ee:service=EJB,jndiName=ejb/SystemSettingBean</depends>
 <depends>jboss.j2ee:service=EJB,jndiName=ejb/SessionManagerBean</depends>
 </mbean>
</service>

My jboss-app.xml

jboss-app>
 <module>
 <service>sessionjmxmanager.sar</service>
 </module>
</jboss-app>

The sessionjmxmanager is currently my only MBean

My application.xml file is somewhat larger by simply consists of EJB and WEBAPP modules

<application>
 <display-name>XIBMS</display-name>

 <module>
 <ejb>systemsetting.jar</ejb>
 </module>

 <module>
 <ejb>sessionmanager.jar</ejb>
 </module>

...loads more modules

I also tried changing the file extension of the sar file to .sar.last

my logs indicate

15:41:51,388 INFO [MainDeployer] deployment waiting for deployer: file:/C:/jboss-3.2.3/server/defau
lt/deploy/xibms.ear/sessionjmxmanager.sar.last

before jboss starts to deploy my ejbs which is promising but my mbean fails to deploy.

I accept that the depends tags work for most deployments, thats clear from many other posts (although I am am bit confused about the number of different ways one can declare the dependencies), however I just don't think they work when in my case i.e. Explded EAR file wih MBean dependent on multiple EJBs. It seems I am forced to put my Mbeans in a seperate directory and deploy after my EAR file using the prefix deployer.

Has anyone actually got this working in the configuration described above?

Cheers,
Hoos