EJB client jars

["Ballard, Ken" <Ke...@ACS-INC.com>]

In Maven 1.0.2, I can create an EJB client jar by running ejb:ejb-client.
I'm left with a myproject-ejb-1.0-client.jar. But then when I run
ejb:install-client it uploads it to the repository as myproject-ejb-1.0.jar.
In the plugin.jelly for the ejb plugin, the ejb:install-client goal looks
like this:

  <!--==================================================================-->
  <!-- Install the ejb client in the local repository                   -->
  <!--==================================================================-->

  <goal name="ejb:install-client"
        prereqs="ejb:ejb-client"
        description="Install the ejb client in the local repository">
     
     <artifact:install
        artifact="${maven.ejb.build.dir}/${maven.final.name}-client.jar"
        type="jar"
        project="${pom}"/> 
  
  </goal>

Why don't I see the "-client" part of the file name in the repository? Also,
every once in a while I'll run a goal and it will create a "ejb-clients"
folder in my repository, but why isn't my client jar being installed there?
Then, once I have the client jar in the repository, how should I declare a
dependency on it in the project.xml? Like this:

    <dependency>
      <groupId>myproject</groupId>
      <artifactId>myproject-ejb</artifactId>
      <version>${pom.currentVersion}</version>
      <properties>
        <ejb.manifest.classpath>true</ejb.manifest.classpath>
        <ear.bundle>true</ear.bundle>
        <eclipse.dependency>true</eclipse.dependency>
      </properties>
    </dependency>

Would that work?

Thanks,
Ken

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Re: EJB client jars

[Dennis Geurts <de...@gmail.com>]

Hi Ken,
 the thing is (AFAIK) as follows (others: please correct me if i'm wrong):
 If you run ejb:ejb in the target-directory the 'final.name.jar' is created 
that contains *all* classes.
 however, if you run ejb:ejb-client, the client jar is created that only 
contains the (local and) remote interfaces, 
which is all you need as a client user (right ??)
 So as another project that depends on this project you only need the client 
interfaces !
 This is therefore the jar that ends up in the 
repository/${projectId}/jars/${projectId}-${version}.jar
(by means of the install-goal)
 in the project target-directory, a distinction needs to be made between the 
jar that contains all classes ${artifactID}-${version}.jar
and the one that only contains the interfaces ${artifactID}-${version}-
client.jar.
 the EJB -jar that contains ALL classes is during the install nicely copied 
to repository/${projectId}/*ejbs*/${projectId}-${version}.jar
  so to wrap it up:
 if you're only interested in the client interfaces (happens most of the 
time)
you add the dependency:
 <projectId>projectId</projectId>
<artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
<version>version</version>
*<type>jar</type>*
  If you really need the ejb as dependency (which possibly is not a good 
idea)
 you add the dependency:
<projectId>projectId</projectId>
<artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
<version>version</version>
*<type>ejb</type>*
<jar>artifactId-version.jar</jar> <-- i don't really know if this is 
neccessary
  Hope this all is true...
 Dennis
   

 On 7/21/05, Ballard, Ken <Ke...@acs-inc.com> wrote: 
> 
> In Maven 1.0.2, I can create an EJB client jar by running ejb:ejb-client.
> I'm left with a myproject-ejb-1.0-client.jar. But then when I run
> ejb:install-client it uploads it to the repository as 
> myproject-ejb-1.0.jar.
> In the plugin.jelly for the ejb plugin, the ejb:install-client goal looks
> like this:
> 
> <!--==================================================================-->
> <!-- Install the ejb client in the local repository -->
> <!--==================================================================-->
> 
> <goal name="ejb:install-client"
> prereqs="ejb:ejb-client"
> description="Install the ejb client in the local repository">
> 
> <artifact:install
> artifact="${maven.ejb.build.dir}/${maven.final.name<http://maven.final.name>
> }-client.jar"
> type="jar"
> project="${pom}"/>
> 
> </goal>
> 
> Why don't I see the "-client" part of the file name in the repository? 
> Also,
> every once in a while I'll run a goal and it will create a "ejb-clients"
> folder in my repository, but why isn't my client jar being installed 
> there?
> Then, once I have the client jar in the repository, how should I declare a
> dependency on it in the project.xml? Like this:
> 
> <dependency>
> <groupId>myproject</groupId>
> <artifactId>myproject-ejb</artifactId>
> <version>${pom.currentVersion}</version>
> <properties>
> <ejb.manifest.classpath>true</ejb.manifest.classpath>
> <ear.bundle>true</ear.bundle>
> <eclipse.dependency>true</eclipse.dependency>
> </properties>
> </dependency>
> 
> Would that work?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ken
> 
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