Unable to combine Resource Archive (RAR) <dependencies> and <exclusions> directives in jboss-deployment-structure.xml without <exclusions> being ignored -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: WFLY-962 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/WFLY-962 Project: WildFly Issue Type: Bug Components: Class Loading Environment: Linux (CentOS 6.3), JDK 1.6.0_37 Reporter: Matthew White Assignee: Stuart Douglas Attachments: jbossas-bugexample.zip I have an EAR file where for a WAR sub-deployment I want to declare a startup dependency on another Resource Archive (RAR) deployment (in my application's case, the WebSphere MQ RAR - but I have recreated this with other Resource Archives) and also have a module exclusion (in this case, on the org.apache.log4j module so that my application can use internally defined Log4J configuration). The jboss-deployment-structure.xml for the EAR looks like this :- {code:xml} <jboss-deployment-structure> <sub-deployment name="application.war"> <dependencies> <module name="deployment.wmq.jmsra.rar" /> </dependencies> <exclusions> <module name="org.apache.log4j" /> </exclusions> </sub-deployment> </jboss-deployment-structure> {code} When I startup the EAR, the <dependencies> directive for the sub-deployment takes effect - the WAR is not started until the WebSphere MQ RAR is available. However, my <exclusions> directive is ignored and the application Log4J configuration is not used. If I restructure the jboss-deployment-structure.xml and remove the <dependencies> directive from the sub-deployment :- {code:xml} <jboss-deployment-structure> <sub-deployment name="application.war"> <exclusions> <module name="org.apache.log4j" /> </exclusions> </sub-deployment> </jboss-deployment-structure> {code} The <exclusions> directive is interpreted correctly and the application Log4J configuration is used. Also, if I go the other way and remove the <exclusions> directive and put the the <dependencies> directive back :- {code:xml} <jboss-deployment-structure> <sub-deployment name="application.war"> <dependencies> <module name="deployment.wmq.jmsra.rar" /> </dependencies> </sub-deployment> </jboss-deployment-structure> {code} The <dependencies> continues to be interpreted correctly and the WAR does not start until the dependency is available. It would just seem that I can't combine the two directives and have them both be interpreted correctly. I have tried changing the order of defining them in the file but that (unsurprisingly) didn't make a lot of difference. I have also tried this with the dependency being any other type of deployment - EAR, WAR, JAR, etc - and in those cases everything works correctly. It seems to only be an issue if the dependency is a Resource Archive. I've also given it a go on a recent 7.2.0 Nightly (3 Jan 2013) and it is also exhibiting the same behaviour. I have attached a sample application to replicate this behaviour. It uses the Apache Jackrabbit RAR (since the WebSphere MQ one is not distributable) as the Resource Archive dependency and creates 2 EAR files that are trying to use log4j to log to a file - one with just the <exclusions> directive and one with both the <dependencies> and <exclusions> directives. See the README file in the zip for more details.