What's the right way to reference a properties file in a WAR when its packaged in an EAR?

[laredotornado]

I'm using Wildfly 11 and Spring 4.3.8.RELEASE.  I'm having a problem deploying an EAR file with a WAR module within it.  The structure of my EAR module is

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+ EAR module

  + META-INF

  + lib

  + sfclieint.war

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The WAR module deploys fine on its own but fails when deployed in the EAR module.  The reason it fails is because I have this in my WAR's application context, loaded by Spring

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  <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:core.properties,/WEB-INF/classes/quickbase.properties"/>

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The file "/WEB-INF/classes/quickbase.properties" exists within the WAR if I unzip it.  However, it does not seem to be detected when the EAR is deployed.  The specific error upon deployment is

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  Unsatisfied dependency expressed through field 'connection'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException: No qualifying bean of type 'com.sforce.soap.enterprise.EnterpriseConnection' available: expected at least 1 bean which qualifies as autowire candidate. Dependency annotations: {@org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired(required=true)}

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which is normally initialized in the same application context file through teh below beans ...

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  <bean id="sfConfig" class="com.sforce.ws.ConnectorConfig">

  <property name="authEndpoint" value="${salesforce.auth.endpoint}" />

  <property name="username" value="${salesforce.username}" />

  <property name="password" value="${salesforce.password}" />

  </bean>

  <bean id="sfConnection" class="com.sforce.soap.enterprise.Connector" factory-method="newConnection">

  <constructor-arg type="com.sforce.ws.ConnectorConfig" ref="sfConfig" />

  </bean>

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[jaikiran]

I haven't used Spring, so I don't know much of it. However:

classpath:core.properties,/WEB-INF/classes/quickbase.properties

Since it uses "classpath:", I think all you need to do is change /WEB-INF/classes/quickbase.properties to just quickbase.properties. Something like:

classpath:core.properties,quickbase.properties

The quickbase.properties if it's in the WEB-INF/classes will be available in the classpath of the war component.

[laredotornado]

Hi Jaikiran, If I specify

    <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:core.properties,classpath:quickbase.properties"/>

The WAR file deploys by itself (i.e. when its not within an EAR).  However when that same WAR is packaged within an EAR then the file does not get recognized and the WAR artifact does not get deployed.  I'm tryign to figure out how to write the above or perhaps structure something in the EAR's jboss-deployment-structure.xml file so that I can correctly deploy the WAR when it's packaged within an EAR.

Thanks, - Dave

[jaikiran]

Where exactly is this spring configuration XML file located? In some jar in .ear/lib directory? If so, you'll have to move it to WEB-INF/classes folder within the .war (which itself is within the .ear). If that's not the case, can you paste the output of the following:

jar -tf yourear.ear

and then

jar -tf yourwar-within-that-ear.war

[laredotornado]

Hi,

The Spring confirmation file is located in my WAR file at

  WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/spring/applicationContext-sfclient-mvc.xml

The output of the other commands is below.  First is the EAR

localhost:ear-project davea$ jar -tf target/myearpackage.ear

META-INF/MANIFEST.MF

META-INF/

lib/

META-INF/maven/

META-INF/maven/org.mainco.subco/

META-INF/maven/org.mainco.subco/myearpackage/

mywarfile.war

META-INF/application.xml

lib/spring-web-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar

lib/jackson-databind-2.8.8.jar

lib/spring-security-config-4.2.3.RELEASE.jar

lib/csrfguard-3.0.0.jar

lib/java-xmlbuilder-0.4.jar

lib/jsoup-1.7.2.jar

lib/jackson-annotations-2.1.1.jar

lib/csrfguard-3.0.0-sources.jar

lib/esapi-2.1.0.1.jar

lib/spring-security-jwt-1.0.4.RELEASE.jar

lib/jasypt-springsecurity3-1.9.0.jar

lib/itextpdf-5.1.0.jar

lib/spring-jdbc-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar

lib/ehcache-2.10.3.jar

lib/spring-expression-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar

lib/spring-context-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar

lib/force-wsc-uber-39.0.0.jar

lib/c3p0-0.9.1.1.jar

lib/aspectjweaver-1.8.6.jar

lib/batik-ext-1.7.jar

lib/ezmorph-1.0.6.jar

lib/spymemcached-2.12.3.jar

lib/spring-orm-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar

META-INF/maven/org.mainco.subco/myearpackage/pom.xml

META-INF/maven/org.mainco.subco/myearpackage/pom.properties

lib/hibernate-validator-4.3.0.Final.jar

lib/UserAgentUtils-1.15.jar

lib/json-lib-2.4-jdk15.jar

lib/spring-test-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar

lib/quartz-2.2.1.jar

lib/spring-aop-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar

lib/spring-security-web-4.2.3.RELEASE.jar

lib/spring-beans-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar

lib/spring-core-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar

lib/nekohtml-1.9.16.jar

lib/dwr-3.0.2-RELEASE.jar

lib/xml-apis-ext-1.3.04.jar

lib/hibernate-core-5.2.12.Final.jar

lib/jackson-core-2.1.1.jar

lib/jasypt-hibernate4-1.9.0.jar

lib/commons-httpclient-3.1.jar

lib/cglib-nodep-2.2.2.jar

lib/batik-css-1.7.jar

lib/batik-util-1.7.jar

lib/xml-apis-1.3.04.jar

lib/jasypt-1.9.0.jar

lib/slf4j-api-1.6.6.jar

lib/antisamy-1.5.3.jar

lib/aopalliance-1.0.jar

lib/knicker-2.3.3.jar

lib/hibernate-ehcache-5.2.12.Final.jar

lib/spring-security-taglibs-4.2.3.RELEASE.jar

lib/bcprov-jdk15on-1.47.jar

lib/spring-tx-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar

lib/poi-3.9.jar

lib/spring-security-core-4.2.3.RELEASE.jar

lib/byte-buddy-1.6.14.jar

META-INF/jboss-deployment-structure.xml

lib/itext-2.1.7.jar

lib/aws-java-sdk-1.8.5.jar

lib/hibernate-entitymanager-5.2.12.Final.jar

lib/bcpkix-jdk15on-1.47.jar

lib/opencsv-2.3.jar

lib/spring-aspects-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar

lib/core-105.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar

lib/spring-security-acl-4.2.3.RELEASE.jar

lib/spring-webmvc-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar

lib/all-1.0.jar

lib/commons-fileupload-1.2.2.jar

lib/jets3t-0.9.0.jar

lib/spring-context-support-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar

lib/bcprov-jdk16-1.46.jar

lib/mysql-connector-java-5.1.22.jar

And then the WAR ...

localhost:non-ebook-wars davea$ jar -tf target/myearpackage/mywarfile.war

META-INF/MANIFEST.MF

META-INF/

META-INF/maven/

META-INF/maven/org.mainco.subco/

META-INF/maven/org.mainco.subco/mywarfile/

WEB-INF/

WEB-INF/classes/

WEB-INF/classes/org/

WEB-INF/classes/org/mainco/

WEB-INF/classes/org/mainco/subco/

WEB-INF/classes/org/mainco/subco/thirdparty/

WEB-INF/classes/org/mainco/subco/thirdparty/exceptions/

WEB-INF/classes/org/mainco/subco/thirdparty/controller/

WEB-INF/classes/org/mainco/subco/thirdparty/quartz/

WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/

WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/spring/

WEB-INF/lib/

WEB-INF/views/

META-INF/maven/org.mainco.subco/mywarfile/pom.xml

WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/spring/infrastructure.xml

WEB-INF/classes/messages.properties

WEB-INF/lib/java-xmlbuilder-1.1.jar

WEB-INF/lib/jets3t-0.9.4.jar

META-INF/maven/org.mainco.subco/mywarfile/pom.properties

WEB-INF/lib/httpclient-4.5.jar

WEB-INF/jboss-deployment-structure.xml

WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/spring/applicationContext-mywarfile-security.xml

WEB-INF/faces-config.xml

WEB-INF/lib/jackson-mapper-asl-1.9.13.jar

WEB-INF/classes/org/mainco/subco/thirdparty/exceptions/DataAccessLayerException.class

WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/spring/applicationContext-mywarfile.xml

WEB-INF/lib/slf4j-api-1.6.1.jar

WEB-INF/lib/jackson-core-asl-1.9.13.jar

WEB-INF/classes/org/mainco/subco/thirdparty/controller/IndexController$FlushThread.class

WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/spring/applicationContext-mywarfile-mvc.xml

WEB-INF/web.xml

WEB-INF/views/index.jsp

WEB-INF/classes/org/mainco/subco/thirdparty/controller/IndexController.class

WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/spring/context-component-scan.xml

WEB-INF/lib/base64-2.3.8.jar

WEB-INF/lib/enterprise-1.6.jar

WEB-INF/classes/org/mainco/subco/thirdparty/quartz/AbstractWorker.class

WEB-INF/classes/org/mainco/subco/thirdparty/quartz/ProcessPDWorker.class

WEB-INF/dispatcher-servlet.xml

WEB-INF/lib/bcprov-jdk15on-1.52.jar

WEB-INF/classes/org/mainco/subco/thirdparty/quartz/ProcessPDJob.class

WEB-INF/classes/application.properties

WEB-INF/classes/quickbase.properties

WEB-INF/lib/jackson-core-2.8.8.jar

[mullaikani]

Hi

   I have the same problem.i have applicationcontext.xml in ear meta-inf but its not refered in war

Please tell me if you have solution

Thanks

Mullai

[mullaikani]

Hi, thanks a lot for your reply.

I have my applicatio context in METAINF of EAR. It is a common context to create spring bean for 3 wars present in ear.

Placing applicatio context in ear the bean is not created and I get nullpointer when I test the services exposed in war.

Please help me.

Regards

Mullai

[zhurlik]

Hi,

A couple years ago I wrote one article about sharing Spring Context between wars within ear file

How to create Single Spring Application Context via JBoss Modules

Thnaks,

Vlad