Re: [jboss-dev] new shared JBOSS_HOME/server/lib directory

Ok, so after this discussion the shared library directory has moved to JBOSS_HOME/common/lib. 2 new properties were introduced: - jboss.common.base.url defaulting to ${jboss.home.url}/common - jboss.common.lib.url defaulting to ${jboss.common.base.url}/lib (In case we want to introduce other common stuff, configuration or otherwise) The jboss.shared.lib.url references were removed. Cheers /Dimitris PS Andrew, maybe you want to re-synch the forked bootstrap project.

Brian Stansberry wrote: > Dimitris Andreadis wrote: >> Any preferences between >> >> JBOSS_HOME/common/lib >> vs >> JBOSS_HOME/shared/lib? >> > > Both bring to mind the Tomcat 5.5 and earlier $CATALINA_HOME/common/lib > and $CATALINA_HOME/shared/lib. Probably will have the same association > for others, so I recommend we consider the meaning of those and try to > be consistent. > > Those directories each serves as a resource location for a > classloader, described as follows [1]: > > Common - This class loader contains additional classes that are made > visible to both Tomcat internal classes and to all web applications. > Normally, application classes should NOT be placed here. > > Shared - This class loader is the place to put classes and resources > that you wish to share across ALL web applications (unless Tomcat > internal classes also need access, in which case you should put them > in the Common class loader instead). > > > Neither of those descriptions exactly matches the JBoss directory, > since "application classes should NOT be placed " in > $JBOSS_HOME/common/lib isn't technically true. But still, I think > "common" better matches what we are trying to do, since jars placed in > it are most definitely meant to be visible to internal JBoss classes. > > Note that in Tomcat 6, common/lib and shared/lib are gone, with > common/lib functionally replaced by a plain lib/ [2] > > [1] http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/class-loader-howto.html > [2] http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/class-loader-howto.html > >