7 Replies Latest reply on Mar 19, 2019 4:19 AM by zhurlik

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

    laredotornado
    laredotornado Feb 27, 2018 11:10 AM

      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

       

       

      [code]

      + EAR module

        + META-INF

        + lib

        + sfclieint.war

      [/code]

       

       

      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

       

      [code]

       

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

       

      [/code]

       

      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

       

      [code]

        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)}

      [/code]

       

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

       

      [code]

        <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>

      [/code]

        • 1. Re: What's the right way to reference a properties file in a WAR when its packaged in an EAR?
          jaikiran
          jaikiran Feb 28, 2018 6:24 AM (in response to laredotornado)

          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.

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          • 2. Re: What's the right way to reference a properties file in a WAR when its packaged in an EAR?
            laredotornado
            laredotornado Feb 28, 2018 10:34 AM (in response to jaikiran)

            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

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            • 3. Re: What's the right way to reference a properties file in a WAR when its packaged in an EAR?
              jaikiran
              jaikiran Mar 1, 2018 1:16 AM (in response to laredotornado)

              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

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              • 4. Re: What's the right way to reference a properties file in a WAR when its packaged in an EAR?
                laredotornado
                laredotornado Mar 1, 2018 9:34 AM (in response to jaikiran)

                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

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                • 5. Re: What's the right way to reference a properties file in a WAR when its packaged in an EAR?
                  mullaikani
                  mullaikani Nov 24, 2018 11:14 PM (in response to laredotornado)

                  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

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                  • 6. Re: What's the right way to reference a properties file in a WAR when its packaged in an EAR?
                    mullaikani
                    mullaikani Mar 18, 2019 10:33 PM (in response to jaikiran)

                    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

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                    • 7. Re: What's the right way to reference a properties file in a WAR when its packaged in an EAR?
                      zhurlik
                      zhurlik Mar 19, 2019 4:19 AM (in response to mullaikani)

                      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

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