fred wrote:
> I downloaded the new EJX and ran it from its own bin file ...
> java -jar ejx.jar ... and got these messages:
>
> ClassNotFoundException: org.jboss.ejb.metadata.Configuration
> java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.jboss.ejb.metadata.Configuration
> java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.jboss.ejb.metadata.StatefulSessionInstance
Did you get any messages before that?
> The editor must be started from its bin directory, unless I miss something.
Correct.
> But it contains no means for switching to another
> directory .... also where do we call the file we want to edit ejb-jar.xml?
Not following. When you use the File/Open option you choose your XML
file. Same for File/Save.
> >This lets the plugin locate the classes that your beans are made of, and may thus
>show more info in the GUI, such as
> > a list of methods in the container-transaction listing. Also, some wizard-style
>functionality is based on the plugins' ability
> > to introspect your EJB-classes. This functionality will not be able if the plugin
>cannot locate these classes.
>
> Seems to me that EJX can never locate classes ...
The current EJX 1.1 version cannot do this, no. This is a preview, and
as such only represents a hint of what's to come.
> I make these points as someone entirely fresh to these tools. Six months from now it
>all might look obvious to me.
> As I am sure it no doubt looks obvious to many of the list members currently. For
>the moment I think EJX badly
> needs some coherant help or a user manual or a HOW-TO. No point writing editors
>that are so incomprehensible
> and so almost completely undocumented that people keep doing things by hand. And
>where not even its own author
> uses it. Even I am confused ;)
I don't use it because EJBDoclet does it good enough. If you don't want
to use EJBDoclet though (which is perfectly ok) then EJX is your best
bet. EJX 1.0 was not very intuitive, as indicated by list posts, but I
think EJX 1.1 is very intuitive with regard to how it should be used.
It will be better documented eventually. If you're interested you can
contribute to this. You seem to think it's very important, so it would
be logical if you did it.
/Rickard
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