Access to libraries shared across multiple applications (ex :server/lib in jboss 4.2.3)

[porobd]

The 4.2.3 functionality regarding sharing libraries across applications i.e copying jars in server/lib directory used to make them available for all deployments, so same thing if we want to achieve in this AS 7.0.1 currently how do we achieve this?

I found resources tag inside jboss-deployment-structure.xml useful i tried it out on the ear level did not work throws ClassNotFoundExceptions,

The following is a snapshot:

<jboss-deployment-structure>

<ear-subdeployments-isolated>false</ear-subdeployments-isolated>

  <deployment>

       <resources>

            <resource-root path="my_client.jar"/>

            <resource-root path="log4j-1.2.15.jar"/>

       </resources>

  </deployment>

</jboss-deployment-structure>

Can you suggest where should the jars mentioned in the resource-root path element be placed.?

Or declaring modules in the JBOSS_HOME/modules directory the only way for acheiving common libraries across multiple applications?

[jaikiran]

http://community.jboss.org/message/615774#615774#615774

[porobd]

So, looks like you are saying that defining modules in the only approach, is it ?

What is the use of the 'resources' element in the deployment xml file ?