Loading an EJB JAR

Use

You use this procedure to add an EJB JAR to an application. In this way, you can edit the EJB JAR deployment descriptors.

Procedure

       1.      In your DLP project file, choose the J2EE Components tab.

       2.      Choose J2EE Components ® Add EJB Group. The Load EJB JAR dialog box appears.

       3.      Type a name for the archive in the Archive Name field.

Use unique EJB JAR names in a project.

       4.       

If You Want To	Then
Create a new EJB JAR	Check the Create New option.
Load an existing EJB JAR	Check the Load Existing option. You will also have to specify in the ejb-jar.xml File field the location of the deployment descriptor of this EJB JAR.

       5.      Select the directory of the class files to be included in the EJB JAR file. This directory is added as the directory of the archive. The files and classes from this directory will be included in the archive. You can also add this directory after you load the EJB JAR. For more information, see Managing Files and Directories.

       6.      To close the Load EJB JAR dialog box, choose OK.

Result

The EJB JAR appears in the J2EE Components tab. If you loaded an existing EJB JAR, its enterprise beans will appear too.

To load the EJB JAR correctly, you must specify the classpath or classpaths to the package of Java class files included in the archive. For more information, see Setting a Project Classpath.