Hi,
OK I've ordered Java Development with Ant book
Thank you!
I create a base jar which will be used for deployment on different App servers so this base jar needs different deployment descriptors added to it depending on the target app server. In one build run a jar needs to be created for deployment on 4 different app servers therefore I seem to have a number of options:
EJB JAR? So you need different vendor-specific deployment descriptors? Or different ejb-jar.xml files?
If its different vendor-specific deployment descriptors, you can typically let them all happily coexist in a single JAR file and there is no need to build different ones for each vendor. In my current project one EAR can deploy to both JRun and JBoss and it has both vendor-specific pieces embedded in META-INF.
If you need different ejb-jar.xml files then, hmmm, something is wrong with J2EE! :)) But if thats the case, why?
Notice I'm asking about the root issue rather than giving Ant specific answers here. Ant can accommodate what you need, sure, but more information is needed to determine the right next step.
Also, are you using XDoclet to build your deployment descriptors? If not, I'd recommend you do so. It'll make life so much more pleasant.
For each app server run a jar task specifying the directories of class of files plus the specific deployment descriptor. Perhaps a bit of redundancy re-running a jar task all the time?
Do you need 4 different JAR's in one build? Or will a build be app-server specific?
Erik
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