running an app within jboss (like a daemon)

[dlarosa11]

I have a legacy application that I want to run in jboss like I used to run daemon processes in Unix. I don't want it to be a web service or web app or anything. I just want JBoss to start the application for me. I have created an ear and inside it, I have created a war file. I have web.xml setup to point to the class that I want to run.

Jboss starts and it says that my application is deployed, but I know it is not running. I'm sure there is something else I need to do to make this work.

Does anyone have a primer for such a task or a pointer to directions on how to do it?

Thanks
Domenic

[peterj]

Does this help: http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/CreateAStartupClass

[dlarosa11]

Thanks so much for the pointer. I could not find that on my own. I was able to get my app running as a service within an hour of your pointer.

I also found this which uses annotations. I believe it's the same idea, but just a little higher up on the food chain.


http://docs.jboss.org/ejb3/app-server/tutorial/service/service.html

Thanks again
Domenic