EJB-JAR Packaging with external dependencies

[pi4630]

Hi,

I have a JavaProject (facet in eclipse), that I build as Foo-ejb.jar - the JavaProject is an EJB application (business logic only). To run, Foo-ejb.jar needs a library, say Bar.jar.

Is it possibile:

1. To pack Bar.jar inside Foo-ejb.jar and refer to it from the classpath element of the manifest file? In my case, the JavaProject has a lib folder, and that's where Bar.jar resides. The manifest.mf of Foo-ejb.jar would contain the entry Class Path: /lib/Bar.jar. I tried this, but it doesn't work
2. If not, what's the correct way to package the Bar.jar library if I don't want Bar.jar to be "visibile" for other EJBs, just inside the scope of Foo-ejb.jar?

I use EJB3.x on JBoss 6.0.0.Final.

Thanks,

~pasquale

[wdfink]

I would say the common way to do this is to pack this into an EAR file.

[pi4630]

Looking here: http://docs.jboss.org/jbossas/docs/Server_Configuration_Guide/4/html/ch01s04s02.html

as reference:

If I put my Bar.jar into the lib folder of the ear, would it be in the scope of the classes inside WAR?

[wdfink]

AFAIK it should be accessible from classes inside the WAR

[derek.west1]

Are you sure about that?  When I add My dependent jars to my EAR my application won't deploy.  In fact I get this exception:

23:13:03,533 ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-3) MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.deployment.subunit."appEAR-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.ear"."app.war".POST_MODULE: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.subunit."appEAR-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.ear"."app.war".POST_MODULE: WFLYSRV0153: Failed to process phase POST_MODULE of subdeployment "app.war" of deployment "app.ear"

[wdfink]

Derek, this would be an old thread and you might use complete different versions.

If you have issues you might open a new thread with the details