JBOSS 4.2.3 - class not found exception

[david.cole]

I have introduced POI into the JBOSS application.

We have a flex front end, and I am loading an excel file in FLEX, passing the byte array to the backend and trying to create a HSSFWorkbook out of it.

I find the classes in eclipse, it compiles in maven but at run time I get a class not found exception on:

HSSFWorkbook bw = new HSSFWorkbook(content);

Within the ear file the POI library is included.

What do I have to do additionally that it is found at runtime?

I am also using POI to generate Excel as part of a war application that is also included in the ear - there i do not havew any problem.

I am sure it is something really easy,but would appreciate some help

thanks

David

[david.cole]

well I solved the problem.

JBOSS by default does not include the linked libraries - they must be in the manifest.mf file.

I extended my pom.xml with the AddClassPath tag as below and ti worked

<ejbVersion>3.0</ejbVersion>
     <generateClient>true</generateClient>
     <clientExcludes>
      <clientExcludes>**/*Bean.class</clientExcludes>
     </clientExcludes>
     <archive>
               <manifest>
                  <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
               </manifest>
             </archive>
    </configuration>