Re: [jboss-as7-dev] Question about EAR's and Class Loading
On 03/22/2011 02:51 PM, David M. Lloyd wrote:
On 03/22/2011 02:42 PM, Andrig Miller wrote:
>> If OrderManagerEntities.jar is in the EAR's "lib" directory (or
the
>> directory you have configured as such in application.xml) then the
>> OrderManagerEJB.jar should be able to "see" it. If not then you'll
>> need
>> an explicit "Class-Path" reference to it from your EJB JAR.
>
> No, my OrderManagerEntities.jar is not the EAR's "lib" directory, its
at the same level as the OrderManagerEJB.jar, and its listed as an EJB module in the
application.xml.
>
> This seems broken to me.
As a rule, we are restricting visibility by default as much as the spec
allows (which may mean certain behaviors are different from AS 5/6). So
the question is really, is this contrary to spec? If so, it's a bug.
That's what we need to answer.
Here's the relevant passage:
"Components in the EJB container may have access to the following
classes and resources. Portable applications must not depend on having
or not having access to these classes or resources.
[...]
* The content of any EJB jar files included in the same ear file.
* The content of any client jar files specified by the above EJB jar files."
Thus it is correct to require an explicit Class-Path between EJB JARs
within an application.
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- DML