[jboss-dev] New AS Module: "depchain"

https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBAS-7894 This week we've introduced a new module into AS, "depchain". As the name infers, this is a single POM dependency which consumers of the Application Server may use to import the full runtime ClassPath into his/her Maven-based project. The driving use case here is for users of the EmbeddedAS APIs; it's much easier for them to write and execute tests using the full runtime complement if they employ a ClassLoading structure where everything is available via parent delegation up to the appCL. This means users are free to link directly to the Kernel etc without worrying about what other dependencies are required (and which are prohibited) at different ClassLoading levels to avoid NoClassDefFoundError. In AS proper/standalone we circumvent this issue with a very explicit BOOT_LIBRARY set in Main, and a repackaged run.jar to boot. For most users this constitutes a prohibitively difficult and involved setup. The AS "build" module depends upon "depchain" to create the $JBOSS_HOME assembly. The Ant/Standalone corollary, a single JAR dependency, is pending: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBAS-7907 S, ALR -- Andrew Lee Rubinger Sr. Software Engineer JBoss by Red Hat http://exitcondition.alrubinger.com http://twitter.com/ALRubinger