[jboss-dev] Use cases for manipulating AS classpath

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

>>
>> 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
Yes, but it would still require a full copy - just adding one jar to the 
classpath is IMO simpler.

-max