Let's kindly start from a working baseline before getting into a discussion of what should and should not be.
Did my suggested changes work?
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> On Jul 22, 2014, at 5:37 AM, Lachezar Dobrev <l.dobrev_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 1. Yes, env-entry-value is not filled.
> These are configuration parameters, and I do not know what values
> they will be assigned at deployment time. Hence the env-entry-value is
> missing, and I *expect* them to be filled on deployment using whatever
> means the server has. Manually *fixing* the web.xml descriptor in an
> already packaged (and possibly cryptographically signed) WAR file is
> not my idea of server deployment tools.
>
> 2. Do I *need* to omit the java:comp/env, or I *can* omit the prefix?
> With other J2EE servers I was only able to get it running using the
> full java:comp/env/config/user location.
>
>
> I find it hard to believe, that deploying and configuring an
> application would require:
> a) Hard-coding values by the developer.
> b) Manually editing packaged files by hand.
>
> Am I missing something? Am I supposed to recompile/repackage the WAR
> for every instance? Because I can't find a way for this to work
> otherwise. I thought I am to provide a WAR file with declared
> references to configuration parameters, that are configured/linked
> when deploying to the server.
>
>
> After hard-coding some values for the configuration attributes in
> web.xml and attempting to deploy the application I got:
>
>> An error has occurred
>> Error occurred during deployment: null. Please see server.log for more details.
>
> And the server.log has:
>> [2014-07-22T12:28:03.320+0300] [glassfish 4.0] [INFO] [] [org.glassfish.admingui] [tid: _ThreadID=122 _ThreadName=admin-listener(9)] [timeMillis: 1406021283320] [levelValue: 800] [[
>> Exception Occurred :Error occurred during deployment: null. Please see server.log for more details.]]
>
> Which is unhelpful to say the least. I suspect a NPE occurs
> somewhere on the server, but the exception is
> masked/wrapped/ignored/printed and the actual cause eludes me.
>
> The same thing happens if I try to deploy the application without
> starting it: I get an error message 'null', and then trying to deploy
> the application again yields:
>
>> An error has occurred
>> Error occurred during deployment: Application name DemoApplication is already in use. Please pick a different name.. Please see server.log for more details.
>
>
> 2014-07-21 21:25 GMT+03:00 Reza Rahman <reza.rahman_at_oracle.com>:
>> You seem to have two problems:
>>
>> * env-entry-value is undefined.
>> * You simply need @Resource(name = "config/user")
>>
>>
>>> On 7/21/2014 11:53 AM, Lachezar Dobrev wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello all.
>>> I'm having trouble using environment entries to configure an
>>> application on deployment in Glassfish.
>>>
>>> web.xml:
>>>
>>> <web-app ...>
>>> <env-entry>
>>> <env-entry-name>config/user</env-entry-name>
>>> <env-entry-type>java.lang.String</env-entry-type>
>>> </env-entry>
>>> </web-app>
>>>
>>>
>>> ServiceProducer.java:
>>>
>>> @ApplicationScoped
>>> public class ServiceProducer {
>>> @Produces
>>> @Default
>>> public Service get() {
>>> return new ServiceImpl(user);
>>> }
>>>
>>> private String user;
>>> @Resource(name = "java:comp/env/config/user")
>>> public void setUser(String user) {
>>> this.user = user;
>>> }
>>> }
>>>
>>> With "GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 4.0 (build 89)" the
>>> ServiceProducer.get() is called before setUser() is called.
>>>
>>> I'm at a loss here: How can I configure the application?
>>>
>>> I have added a config/user JNDI Custom Resource:
>>> Resource Type: java.lang.String
>>> Factory Class:
>>> org.glassfish.resources.custom.factory.PrimitivesAndStringFactory
>>> Status : Enabled (checked)
>>> Properties:
>>> name = "value", value = "ConfiguredUserName"
>>>
>>> Please advise! I'm getting seriously frustrated with this.
>>
>>