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Rob Stryker updated JBIDE-18377:
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Fix Version/s: 4.3.0.Beta1
(was: 4.3.0.Alpha2)
Automatically add the dependencies specified in
jboss-deployment-structure.xml to build path
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Key: JBIDE-18377
URL:
https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-18377
Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
Issue Type: Feature Request
Components: server
Reporter: Gary Hu
Assignee: Rob Stryker
Fix For: 4.3.0.Beta1
I am deploying a dynamic web project to EAP 6 using JBDS 6+. My project's build path
includes the JRE System Library, EAP 6 Runtime, and Web App Libraries (the WEB-INF/lib
folder). I also have a jboss-deployment-structure.xml file that defines additional module
dependencies such as the following:
<jboss-deployment-structure>
<deployment>
<dependencies>
<module name="org.slf4j" />
<module name="org.apache.log4j" />
</dependencies>
</deployment>
</jboss-deployment-structure>
The problem is, the slf4j and log4j modules are not included in the project's build
path. While the server resolves them correctly at runtime because of the
jboss-deployment-structure.xml file, Eclipse doesn't include them. So the following
declaration in the Java code would result in a build error because org.apache.log4j cannot
be resolved to a type:
private static final org.apache.log4j.Logger log =
org.apache.log4j.Logger.getLogger(Example.class);
Please note that the project has configured correctly the JBoss Server Runtime which
points to a valid JBoss directory, and the module dependencies are properly installed in
the server.
The dependencies specified in the jboss-deployment-structure.xml are some private modules
installed at the server side but not included in the server runtime by default.
So, is there a way to automatically add the jboss-deployment-structure module
dependencies to the Eclipse build path? So far, I've been unable to find a way to do
this.
I have found a few workarounds, but none of them are ideal, and they seem to completely
miss the point of module-based dependencies:
- Customize the Default Classpath Entries for the server runtime. This is not
acceptable because it must be done in each developer's workspace – and possibly per
project since projects may have different, conflicting dependencies.
- Add the libraries to WEB-INF/lib. This is not acceptable because it defeats the
purpose of server modules.
- Add the libraries to a user library for the project. This could work, but it's
very inconvenient, because each developer on the team would have to add the jars to the
user libraries in their workspaces.
Here can find the discussion of exact same issue
https://developer.jboss.org/thread/203309?tstart=0