JAR+Datasource in one application. How?

[dzerzhinsky]

Hi!
My question is not so hard to answer, I think, but how could I create application that consists of program files (*.jar) and datasource description for JBoss. I mean what should I put into *.ear file beside *.jar and *-ds.xml.

Regards. Oleg.

[raja05]

You dont need the datasource to be bundled with ur ear. Just drop the -service.xml in the deploy and the associated jarfile(for the driver) into the lib and that should be enough for ur ear to discover the datasource.

-Raj

[dzerzhinsky]

Thank you for answer, I just thought that bundled variant would be preferable for my customer.
The question maybe better points to creating of enterprise application because I don't know why I need application.xml in *.ear archive.

[raja05]

the application.xml is per the J2ee-spec to notify the app server about the components that are packed as an ear.
check the specs to find more about why an app.xml is needed.

[dzerzhinsky]

Thank you for answers. I'm realy appreciated.
Oleg.