On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Andreas Loew <Andreas.Loew_at_oracle.com>wrote:
> Hi Bernhard,
>
> first of all, I am assuming that you consistently made a typo: the
> manifest must be named MANIFEST.MF (not .FM) in order to be read.
>
Thanks for your pointers Andreas.
Of course this '.FM' was a typo ...
>
> The error most probably is that the Class-Path entry seems to process only
> zipped or "exploded" JAR files, but not directories in classical "classes"
> style (i.e. the name of which does not end in .jar):
>
> I've never seen that in practice, and section 8.2.1 on page 177 seems to
> conform with my assumption:
>
> "*Only JAR format files or directories* containing class files or
> resources to be loaded directly by a standard class loader should be the *target
> of a Class-Path reference*; such files *are always named with a .jar
> extension*."
>
However in the same sectio you can read
The Java EE deployment tools must process *all such referenced files and
directories* when processing a Java EE module.
How could a 'directory' have a '.jar' extension?
If there's room for speculation it might be a good idea to make the
specification even more precise.
>
> Do you have a particular reason why you cannot JAR up your classes to be
> contained in the "classes" dir before creating the EAR?
>
Actually it's a 3rd party application and I don't want to change too much
....
Everything works fine using GF 2.1.1 but it's a major issue to migrate to
GF 3.1.1.
Best regards,
Bernhard
>
> HTH & best regards,
>
> Andreas
>
>
> Am 29.11.2011 11:13, schrieb Bernhard Thalmayr:
>
> Hi experts,
>
> classloading and 'portable JEE application' seems to be very challenging
> in GF 3.1.1
>
> I have a (3rd party) enterprise app with layout
>
> META-INF/application.xml
> ejb1.jar
> |_ META-INF/MANIFEST.FM (Class-Path: lib/lib1.jar lib/lib2.jar classes)
>
> ejb2.jar
> |_META-INF/MANIFEST.FM (Class-Path: lib/lib1.jar lib/lib3.jar classes)
>
> lib/lib1.jar
> lib/lib2.jar
> lib/lib3.jar
> classes/<package-structure>
>
> A 'NoClassDefFoundError' is raised
>
> java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: <class-from-classes-directory>
> at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
> at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:791)
> at
> com.sun.enterprise.loader.ASURLClassLoader.findClass(ASURLClassLoader
> .java:756)
> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:423)
> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:410)
> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:410)
> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:356)
> at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
> at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:186)
> at <method-of-class-from-ejb1.jar>
>
>
> As far as I interpret chapter 'EE.8' of JEE 6 specification I packaged the
> appliation correctly.
>
> Could it be that GF 3.1.1 does not honour directories mentioned in
> MANIFEST.FM ?
>
> Section 8.2.1 states ...
>
> "The Java EE deployment tools must process all such referenced files and
> directories when processing a Java EE module."
>
> Thanks for any pointers.
>
>
> --
> Andreas Loew | Senior Java Architect
> Oracle Advanced Customer Services
> ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG
>
>
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