I changed the attribute of interest in domain.xml:
env-classpath-ignored="false"
The result is that ASLauncher puts the contents of the CLASSPATH env
variable like so in the java command line:
java -cp <jhall,appserv-launch><your-classpath>
I then deployed a web module that is dependent on a jar in CLASSPATH --
and it worked fine.
The classpath contents are put *almost* in the front of the runtime
classpath. Take a look at the actual runtime classpath below. My
classpath stuff shows up starting at the third position (CLASSPATH ==>
.;C:\dev\elf\dist\elf.jar;.............)
I can change ASLauncher to put the env CLASSPATH contents in, say,
classpath-suffix instead of as the "-cp" arg.
Thoughts????
note that the output below is from calling com.elf.util.Classpath() --
which is in elf.jar which is NOT in the deployed web-module's tree.
Thus proving that the web module can "see" the jar that is in the env
classpath
Kedar, in summary,
* The user problem can be solved by simply changing one "true" to
"false" in domain.xml and setting env CLASSPATH to their
mega-classpath
* They have to be careful about classes in their jars "hiding"
classes by the same name in GF jars.
* They must restart the server if they change anything inside the
jars (to "see" the changes if the class is already loaded)
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D:/as/lib/jhall.jar
D:\as\lib\appserv-launch.jar
*.
C:\dev\elf\dist\elf.jar
c:\dev\derby\lib\derby.jar
c:\dev\derby\lib\derbytools.jar
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
*D:/as\lib\javaee.jar
c:/jdk/jre/../lib/tools.jar
D:/as\lib\install/applications/jmsra/imqjmsra.jar
D:/as\lib\com-sun-commons-launcher.jar
D:/as\lib\com-sun-commons-logging.jar
D:/as/imq/lib/jaxm-api.jar
D:/as/imq/lib/fscontext.jar
D:/as/imq/lib/imqbroker.jar
D:/as/imq/lib/imqjmx.jar
D:/as/imq/lib/imqxm.jar
D:/as\lib\webservices-rt.jar
D:/as\lib\webservices-tools.jar
D:/as\lib\mail.jar
D:/as\lib\appserv-jstl.jar
D:/as\lib\jmxremote_optional.jar
D:/as/lib/SUNWjdmk/5.1/lib/jdmkrt.jar
D:/as\lib\activation.jar
D:/as\lib\appserv-rt.jar
D:/as\lib\appserv-admin.jar
D:/as\lib\appserv-cmp.jar
D:/as/updatecenter/lib/updatecenter.jar
D:/as/jbi/lib/jbi.jar
D:/as/imq/lib/imqjmx.jar
D:/as/lib/ant/lib/ant.jar
D:/as\lib\dbschema.jar
D:/as\lib\appserv-se.jar
D:/as\lib\appserv-ee.jar
D:/as\lib\jesmf-plugin.jar
D:/as\lib\/lib/dbstate.jar
D:/as\lib\/lib/hadbjdbc4.jar
D:/as\lib\jgroups-all.jar
D:/as/lib/SUNWmfwk/lib/mfwk_instrum_tk.jar
D:\as\lib\activation.jar
D:\as\lib\admin-cli-ee.jar
D:\as\lib\admin-cli.jar
D:\as\lib\appserv-admin.jar
D:\as\lib\appserv-cmp.jar
D:\as\lib\appserv-deployment-client.jar
D:\as\lib\appserv-ee.jar
D:\as\lib\appserv-ext.jar
D:\as\lib\appserv-jstl.jar
D:\as\lib\appserv-jwsacc.jar
D:\as\lib\appserv-launch.jar
D:\as\lib\appserv-rt.jar
D:\as\lib\appserv-se.jar
D:\as\lib\appserv-tags.jar
D:\as\lib\appserv-upgrade.jar
D:\as\lib\appserv-ws.jar
D:\as\lib\com-sun-commons-launcher.jar
D:\as\lib\com-sun-commons-logging.jar
D:\as\lib\dbschema.jar
D:\as\lib\j2ee-svc.jar
D:\as\lib\j2ee.jar
D:\as\lib\javaee.jar
D:\as\lib\jesmf-plugin.jar
D:\as\lib\jhall.jar
D:\as\lib\jmac-api.jar
D:\as\lib\jmxremote_optional.jar
D:\as\lib\jsf-impl.jar
D:\as\lib\jxta.jar
D:\as\lib\mail.jar
D:\as\lib\Pack200Task.jar
D:\as\lib\shoal-gms.jar
D:\as\lib\sun-appserv-ant.jar
D:\as\lib\toplink-essentials-agent.jar
D:\as\lib\toplink-essentials.jar
D:\as\lib\webservices-rt.jar
D:\as\lib\webservices-tools.jar
D:/as