Re: [jboss-dev] Use cases for manipulating AS classpath

> > Can you give me a usecase where it is useful to add jars to the AS > classpath (JBOSS_CLASSPATH/RUN_CLASSPATH in the run.sh scripts) and > not just add them into lib folder ? > > Asking since it is a constant "battle" in the tooling between users > who want full control and those who just want the server startup to > *always* work. > Before we go add a bunch of complex code to handle this I would like > to know of a use case that merits that users can set the classpath at > startup time instead > of just adding it into lib. > > The usecases I have come up with I'm not sure if they are valid: > > 1) allows me to put stuff on the global classpath of the server > without manipulating a possibly read-only lib directory Something that I just remembered. If lib directory is read only, you can always use -Djboss.lib.url to define a new path for the root lib directory where you're able to write to it: http://www.jboss.org/community/docs/DOC-10730