jboss as 5 - hibernate integration help needed

[geckopower]

Hi, I know JBossAS5 - Hibernate integration document is sparse; despite that, I was able to make it somewhat far, hoping for little bit of help to finish it off.

I got in my "server/default/deploy" directory test.har (contents) as follows:

+META-INF
+--------manifest.mf
+--------service-hibernate.xml
+com/mycom/persistent/context
+----------PersistentItem.class & PersistentItem.hbm.xml


service-hibernate.xml content is:
(note xml is correct, just not rendering correctly)


<hibernate-configuration xmlns="urn:jboss:hibernate-deployer:1.0">
<session-factory
name="java:/ExampleSessionFactory"

bean="jboss.test.har:service=Hibernate,testcase=TimersUnitTestCase">
java:/OracleDS
org.hibernate.dialect.Oracle8iDialect
<!--
org.jboss.test.hibernate.SimpleInterceptor
-->
jboss:service=Naming
jboss:service=TransactionManager
</session-factory>
</hibernate-configuration>


in my jsf I can open a session using the code:


org.hibernate.SessionFactory sf = (org.hibernate.SessionFactory)
ic.lookup("java:/ExampleSessionFactory");
org.hibernate.Session s = sf.openSession();
s.get(com.mycom.persistent.PersistentItem.class, new Long(1));


but the last line gives me an exception. If i don't include the last line,
no exception; i can get the sessionfactory just fine. I can also see the jboss AS output in System.out that it was able to bind the sessionfactory to jndi. but when i try to get something, exception:


An error occurred at line: 42 in the jsp file: /client.jsp
com.mycom.persistent.PersistentItem cannot be resolved to a type


how should i be deploying the har file so that my war can see it.
Note i'm not using ejb's, just plain war. Not at EJB yet.

Last mile...please help. Just getting a valid SessionFactory was alot of work given the changes between jboss4 and 5 (and the lack of documentation for 5). Help and you will have documented this new deployment here. I'll even write the documentation of the integration for my fellow hibernators.

And if you can't find the time to help, well thanks for the good work.

[peterj]

Your class name is incorrect - you are missing the 'context' part of the package name:

com.mycom.persistent.context.PersistentItem

Also, when posting xml (or html) text, enclose your XML text in UBBCode "code" tags - you can do this by selecting the XML text and clicking the Code button above the editor window. Also, click the Preview button to ensure that the formatting is correct and the XML text shows up before posting.

[geckopower]

damn, i hope that was the only problem.
after all that work, the package name was wrong.

thanks for pointing that out.
gonna test it out.
i'll also work on that end to end documentation, and post it.
you can copy and use if for jboss documentation later if you want.

thanks again.

[peterj]

Actually, I already have end-to-end documentation for HARs on 5.0, but it is not free. I can supply the URL if interested.

[peterj]

Just recalled that there is also a wiki entry:

http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/JBossHibernate3

[geckopower]

is it the same as the manning book you writing, due in nov?

http://www.amazon.com/JBoss-Action-Configuring-Application-Server/dp/1933988029/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223608164&sr=8-2

[geckopower]

btw, i got it to work.

thanks.

another questions. is the src code download complete? it seems some stuff not included in the downloads.

[peterj]

Yes, it is JBoss in Action. Currently, we are cleaning up the last of the issues with the source code (to make sure it all works with CR2), and then will try to get the code posted. We will also try to get the chapters updated so they also match CR2 - I have lost track of which of the betas the current chapters reference. (Well, mostly match, there are still a view glitches that we expect will be fixed in GA and the text reflects what we believe will be in GA.)

[geckopower]

how comprehensive is the book? does it cover configuring all the jee technologies like jta, jmx, ejbs, jpa, spring, ldap, basically everything you need to get a production server going?

it sounds like it at 500 pages

[peterj]

Yes, it does cover configuring most of those things (not Spring, though). The last part of the book is about getting your app server into production.