I have an exploded EAR file that I am deploying.
I can easily deploy it as an archived EAR containing
library JAR and EJB jar archives, but when I explode
the EAR as well as contained JAR files, I can't seem
to deploy my library classes.
My directory structure
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+ application.ear (directory -- but named as .ear)
+-- ejb
+--- MyEJB.jar (directory -- but named as .jar)
+--- META-INF
+--- MANIFEST.MF (custom manifest file)
+--- ejb-jar.xml
+-- classes.jar (directory -- but named as .jar)
+--- META-INF
+--- MANIFEST.MF (default manifest file)
+--- com
+--- ...
ejb/MyEJB.jar/MANIFEST.MF contains class-path entry
for "../classes.jar". When everything is an archive,
JBoss has no problem finding and deploying the library
classes. The EJB's can see all the utility classes
just fine.
BUT, when I explode it as a directoy, the MainDeployer
says it has deployed:
..../application.ear/ejb/../classes.jar
BUT, I get NoClassDefFoundError for several classes after
JBoss tries to verify the EAR and contained EJB.
The MainDeployer claims it has "deployed" the package
"file:/usr/local/jboss/jboss-3.0.3/server/default/deploy/application.ear/ejb/../classes.jar/"
And even reports "already deployed" on the next log line.
I tried removing the ".jar" directory extension and
changing the class path, but that did not work either.
In the case of removing the ".jar" extension it gets the
same error as above.
Finally, I tried creating a classes.jar archive instead.
And placing the classes.jar archive in my exploded
EAR directory. It still fails with the exact same error, except now the "MainDeployer" does not put a "/" after the "classes.jar" name when it reports that it has deployed it.
How do I get an exploded EAR to deploy when my
EJB's depend on a library of utility classes?
Thanks in advance for the help.
