7 Replies Latest reply on May 29, 2006 7:06 AM by eekboom

Seam and IntelliJ IDEA packing

alesj May 26, 2006 8:13 AM

Is there a way to package all those jBPM dependant xml descriptors directly into EAR's archive root - the way it is packaged now in the dvdstore example?

<app-with-seam-and-jbpm>.ear
- META-INF/application.xml
- META-INF/jboss-app.xml
- pageflow.jpdl.xml
- jbpm.cfg.xml
- hibernate.cfg.xml //H3 cfg for jbpm
- jboss-seam.jar
- jbpm-3.1.jar
- mybusiness.jar //ejb3 stuff
- myweb.war
- manifest.mf
- ...

With IDEA built 5.1.1 there is no problem packaging ejb3/seam apps, but I just don't see the way how to include those jBPM xml files into this IDEA ear module build.

Rgds, Ales

1. Re: Seam and IntelliJ IDEA packing

gavin.king May 26, 2006 10:48 AM (in response to alesj)

Packaging of jPDL files is a really good question, and one I don't have a good answer for yet.

I was thinking of zipping em up into a jar, putting that in the EAR, and naming it as a java module in application.xml.
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2. Re: Seam and IntelliJ IDEA packing

alesj May 27, 2006 9:24 AM (in response to alesj)

>> I was thinking of zipping em up into a jar, putting that in the EAR, and naming it as a java module in application.xml

Hmmm ...
Since I believe you can only add ejb and web modules into ear module.
And application.xml only excepts ejb and web tag inside module tag.

So, I can add a new java module - and have all my jBPM xml files in it.
Then use this module in my ejb module as dependency - pack it as 'JAR module, link via manifest' and this jar will copy into EAR root.

I tried it and it works.

Rgds, Ales
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3. Re: Seam and IntelliJ IDEA packing

gavin.king May 27, 2006 9:27 AM (in response to alesj)

And application.xml only excepts ejb and web tag inside module tag.

This is not correct. application.xml accepts java modules.
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4. Re: Seam and IntelliJ IDEA packing

alesj May 27, 2006 11:22 AM (in response to alesj)

This is not correct. application.xml accepts java modules.

Great. So how do I define them?

Any thoughts why then IDEA doesn't support this in application.xml?

I was thinking of zipping em up into a jar, putting that in the EAR

How do you this for java module?
Ok, you can select an option in a menu to jar ceratin module - can you do this also for a module/app build?

Rgsd, Ales
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5. Re: Seam and IntelliJ IDEA packing

gavin.king May 27, 2006 11:55 AM (in response to alesj)

There is an example of this in every single seam example:

<application>
 <display-name>Seam Blog</display-name>

 <module>
 <web>
 <web-uri>jboss-seam-blog.war</web-uri>
 <context-root>/seam-blog</context-root>
 </web>
 </module>
 <module>
 <ejb>jboss-seam-blog.jar</ejb>
 </module>
 <module>
 <java>jboss-seam.jar</java>
 </module>
</application>

6. Re: Seam and IntelliJ IDEA packing

alesj May 27, 2006 2:04 PM (in response to alesj)
<module> <java>jboss-seam.jar</java> </module>

How to get IDEA to 'grab' this jar and pack it into ear?

If I do it this way (although it looks that is works - is this 'correct' way to add resources to application)

So, I can add a new java module - and have all my jBPM xml files in it.
Then use this module in my ejb module as dependency - pack it as 'JAR module, link via manifest' and this jar will copy into EAR root.

should I still define java module in application.xml?

Or if I just define it in application.xml, do I still need manifest.mf in jar?

Sorry about this

There is an example of this in every single seam example

didn't pay much attention to this, since I though IDEA handles everything.
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7. Re: Seam and IntelliJ IDEA packing

eekboom May 29, 2006 7:06 AM (in response to alesj)

I once posted this question (in a different context) to the IDEA EAP forum.
There is a very un-obvious way to make Idea do this.
See
http://www.intellij.net/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=5081712
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