Experts,
I'd like to close on this item. Please vote yes or no. If you'd rather
continue the discussion, feel free to do so as well.
thanks,
-marina
Marina Vatkina wrote:
> We did see users who had their EJB module packaged with jars inside a
> jar and were surprised it's not supported.
>
> -marina
>
> Pete Muir wrote:
>> Do we actually have any users who've asked for this? Otherwise, I
>> think it's unnecessary.
>>
>> On 9 Feb 2012, at 01:14, Marina Vatkina wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Experts,
>>>
>>> As you know, while it's easy to package a library into a .war file
>>> or a .ear archive, there is no easy way to do the same for a
>>> stand-alone EJB module in a portable way. The only current option is
>>> to use a reference by adding a Class-Path attribute to the Manifest
>>> file of the EJB .jar file (or another referenced archive) but this
>>> is not portable as it requires to place referenced library in the
>>> specific location of the application server file system (in case
>>> that .jar file is not used from its original location).
>>>
>>> Do you thing the EJB spec should allow an EJB .jar file to have a
>>> lib/ directory inside it? If yes, will there be any restrictions
>>> that we will need to address?
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> -marina
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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