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Re: activation.jar in lib and lib/endorsed

From: Dhiru Pandey <Dhiru.Pandey_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:13:17 -0800

Bill Shannon wrote:
> Dhiru Pandey wrote:
>> You are right, we don't need to do it for GlassFish server and
>> Application client. but what about other standalone java clients or
>> scripts
>>
>> We can certainly do without it...that would mean that all such
>> standalone java clients or scripts would need to be fixed.
> Standalone clients should generally be separately downloading and
> configuring the jar files they need, not picking up pieces hidden
> inside the app server install directories. The purpose of the app
> client container is to isolate them from all those implementation
> details. If they insist on depending on those implementation details,
> they're going to break from time to time.
That's fine, we were initially planning to get rid of this copy and we
will do that.
The wrapper jar was merely suggested for ease of use/better user
experience for situation described above.