jboss-deployment-structure.xml resource-root path

[herb]

I'm using jboss-deployment-structure.xml in WEB-INF in my war deployment. Adding dependencies works great. But now I tried to add a resource like

<resources>

    <resource-root path="my-library.jar" />

</resources>

But I always get a classnotfound exception when using classes which are packed in my-library.jar?!

I also tried to use an absolute path - without success.

Where does the loader search for my-library.jar?

[phantom_john]

Exactly same question here. Can anyone shine a light on that?

[ctomc]

Hi,

how does your war structure looks like? where is this extra library located?

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tomaz

[phantom_john]

In short, I simply want someone who can tell me how the path attribute is interpreted in the <resource-root /> element in jboss-deployment-structure.xml when in an EAR or a WAR.

The scenario is that I want to create a EAR which contains a few skinny WARs, with all the jar dependencies externalized (instead of putting them in the /lib within the EAR file). I want to explore what the options are, while using jboss-deployment-structure.xml in either the EAR or the WARs, if necessary.

Strickly speaking, my scenario is not exactly same as the original question. My apology.

I understand that I might be able to externalize those jars as a *module* somewhere in $JBOSS_HOME/modules. Can I put those jars at an arbitrary location and refer to them in the path attribute of the <resource-root /> element?

[jaysensharma]

Hi John Wu,

             Just try  to create a "module" of all your Jars whihc you want to access from your EAR/WAR like following: 

             (How to create custom modules in JBossAS7 to load different slots of the jars ?) http://middlewaremagic.com/jboss/?p=1933    

              Now as you dont want to place your custom modules inside the "jboss-as-7.1.1.Final/modules" directory so in that case you have an option to create your own Module directory by editing the "standalone.sh" script as following... Just add your new module directory  ( where you have custom module coontaining jars ) on the  "JBOSS_MODULEPATH"  as following

JBOSS_MODULEPATH=/home/userone/your_module_2:$JBOSS_HOME/modules

if [ "x$JBOSS_MODULEPATH" = "x" ]; then

    JBOSS_MODULEPATH="$JBOSS_HOME/modules"

fi

[ctomc]

Hi,

yes that is different question

for more on that read https://docs.jboss.org/author/display/AS71/Class+Loading+in+AS7

but basicly you create custom modules in jboss_home\modules or createing your own module repository the way Jay pointed out.

and then you just configure dependancies via jboss-deployment-structure.xml or manifest.mf

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tomaz

[phantom_john]

Hi Jay/Tomaz, Great to know that I can create custom module repository. I may have time to try that next week.

But, the question remains not answered: how the path attribute is interpreted in the <resource-root /> element in jboss-deployment-structure.xml when in an EAR or a WAR?

Can the path attribute refer to a file/location outside the default/custom modules directory, such as "./../../relative/to/file" or "/absolute/path/to/directory"?

And, when it value is "my-lib.jar", where does JBoss look for the my-lib.jar?

Thanks,

[white_crow]

Hi

I haven't tried yet, but maybe it's pointing to the [WILDFLY-FOLDER]/standalone/lib folder?