Running it out of a directory I'm not sure the MANIFEST Class-Path: will
work.
I know if you use a JAR, it will work that way. It's the way the OSCore
library works, http://www.opensymphony.com/oscore
-mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gary Shea
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 4:35 PM
> To: Orion-Interest
> Subject: referring to a jar from an ejb-jar file/directory?
>
>
> I have an ejb application running under orion. I want to restructure
> the code so that some common code is put into a jar. The problem is
> that I can't figure out a way, short of putting the jar in the orion/lib
> directory, to make the contents of the jar available to the ejb side of
> the application. The EJB-2.0-pfd spec says:
>
> The ejb-jar file must also contain, either by inclusion or
> by reference, the class files for all the classes and interfaces
> that each enterprise bean class and the remote and home interfaces
> depend on, except J2EE and J2SE classes. (page 486)
>
> Well, what does 'reference' mean? The only hint I have found is:
>
> An ejb-jar file does not have to physically include the class files
> if the classes are defined in another jar file that is named in the
> Class-Path attribute in the Manifest file of the referencing ejb-jar
> file or in the transitive closure of such Class-Path references.
> (page 487)
>
> Well, I'm going to try creating a manifest file with a Class-Path in it,
> but since I'm running out of a directory, not an actual ejb-jar file,
> I really doubt this is going to work!
>
> Any hints would be greatly appreciated...
>
> Gary
>
>
>
