Unable to find shared jar in WSAD 5.1.2's WebSphere 5.0 Test Environment

[Rr Kumaran]

Hi All,

I have an EAR in with 2 EJB modules (b.jar and c.jar) in WSAD 5.1.2. There is a shared jar called a.jar which is added under ear module. Now, now when I deploy this b.jar inside WSAD 5.1.2's WebSphere 5.0 Test Environment, I am getting an error saying
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org//runtime/IUnmarshallable but this class is there in a.jar

What am I missing here. I also tried adding this a.jar to b.jar's MANIFEST.MF file but no use ....


Thanks & Regards,

[Roland Barcia]

Per J2EE spec, you have to add the shared jar in the EAR to the Manifest of each EJB jar file. In WSAD, you can add itby right-clicking the EJB project. Selecting Properties->Java Jar Dependencies. Then check the jar you want.

[Rr Kumaran]

Roland Barcia,

I am aware of this feature but things are not working like this.

Say I have below structure :

a.ear
--------- a1.war
--------- a2.war
--------- a3-ejb.jar
--------- a4.jar
--------- a5.jar

now, a4.jar and a5.jar are used by a1.war and I have added a4.jar and a5.jar as jar dependencies to a1.war but somewhow when I deploy and run a1.war on WSAD 5.1.2's WebSphere 5.0 Test Environment, a4.jar and a5.jar are not somehow getting loaded but if I add a4.jar and a4.jar to a1.war's WEB-INF\lib directory then a1.war works deployment works fine. I am not getting what is the problem. Please suggest ...

[Roland Barcia]

I have tested the EAR utility jars many times and it should work. Take a look at the Server COnfiguration View. Your WAR file may be bound to a different EAR project such as default EAR. The Server Configuration View will give you a hierarchiy view of what is deployed.

[Rr Kumaran]

a.ear
--------- a1.war
--------- a2.war
--------- a3-ejb.jar
--------- a4.jar
--------- a5.jar

Do you mean to say that if a1.war, a2.war, a3-ejb.jar, a4.jar, a5.jar are in default Ear then jar dependency concept wont work and we need package them in a named ear like say a.ear ?