ADFBC Deployment of JBOSS 5.1.0

Question

I am deploying ADF BC application 11.1.1.2.0 on JBOSS 5.1.0 by following steps
1. When creating an ADF BC Module that will be used on a JBoss application server,
one needs to set the SQL Flavor to SQL92 and the Type Map to Java.
Can be set for an existing AM at
AM --> Configurations --> Properties tab
Set jbo.SQLBuilder = SQL92
jbo.TypeMapEntries = Java
2. Changed the data source as follows
AM --> Configurations --> Application Module - JDBC DataSource = java:/liveDS
Note: By default datasource will be something like 'java:comp/env/jdbc/liveDS'
where 'liveDS' is the application connection name.
3. Added the 'jboss-app.xml' under 'src/META-INF' folder of the application
jboss-app.xml:
     <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
     <!DOCTYPE jboss-app
     PUBLIC "-//JBoss//DTD J2EE Application 5.0//EN"
     "http://www.jboss.org/j2ee/dtd/jboss-app_5_0.dtd">
     <jboss-app>
     <loader-repository>
     com.oracle.adfpojo:loader=adfm.jar
     <loader-repository-config>java2ParentDelegation=true</loader-repository-config>
     </loader-repository>
     </jboss-app>
4. Added 'jboss-web.xml' under 'ViewController/public_html/WEB-INF' folder
jboss-web.xml:
     <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
     <!DOCTYPE jboss-web PUBLIC
     "-//JBoss//DTD Web Application 5.0//EN"
     "http://www.jboss.org/j2ee/dtd/jboss-web_5_0.dtd">
     <jboss-web>
          <class-loading>
          <loader-repository>
          com.oracle.adfpojo:loader=adfm.jar
          <loader-repository-config>java2ParentDelegation=true</loader-repository-config>
          </loader-repository>
          </class-loading>
     </jboss-web>
5. Need to deploy our application as a EAR. Changes done in the Application Deployment profile:
a. Check the assembly of your application
b. Make sure 'jboss-app.xml' is selected under 'File Groups - Application Descriptors - Filters - Files'
c. Set the 'Platform - Default Platform = JBoss 5.x'
6. Similarly change the ViewController WAR Deployment profile:
a. Make sure 'jboss-web.xml' is selected under 'File Groups - Web Files - Filters - Files'
b. Set the 'Platform - Default Platform = JBoss 5.x'
7. ADF Lib's included in the EAR (can be included at the application lib or at the war level) are as follows
     adf-controller-api.jar
     adf-controller.jar
     adf-controller-rt-common.jar
     adf-controller-schema.jar
     adf-controller-security.jar
     adf-dt-at-rt.jar
     adfdt_common.jar
     adf-faces-databinding-rt.jar
     adflogginghandler.jar
     adfm-debugger.jar
     adfm.jar
     adfmweb.jar
     adf-pageflow-dtrt.jar
     adf-pageflow-fwk.jar
     adf-pageflow-impl.jar
     adf-pageflow-rc.jar
     adf-richclient-api-11.jar
     adf-richclient-impl-11.jar
     adf-share-base.jar
     adf-share-ca.jar
     adfsharembean.jar
     adf-share-security.jar
     adf-share-support.jar
     adf-transactions-dt.jar
     bc4j-mbeans.jar
     bc4jtester.jar
     bc4jwizard.jar
     cache.jar
     com.bea.core.apache.commons.collections_3.2.0.jar
     commons-cli-1.0.jar
     commons-el.jar
     db-ca.jar
     dms.jar
     dvt-databindings.jar
     dvt-facesbindings.jar
     dvt-faces.jar
     dvt-jclient.jar
     dvt-trinidad.jar
     dvt-utils.jar
     fmw_audit.jar
     glassfish.el_2.1.1.jar
     glassfish.jsf_1.2.9.0.jar
     glassfish.jstl_1.2.0.1.jar
     groovy-all-1.6.3.jar
     help-share.jar
     identitystore.jar
     idert.jar
     inspect4.jar
     jacc-spi.jar
     javatools.jar
     javatools-nodeps.jar
     javax.activation_1.1.0.0_1-1.jar
     javax.jsf_1.2.0.1.jar
     javax.jsp_1.1.0.0_2-1.jar
     javax.management_1.2.1.jar
     javax.management.j2ee_1.0.jar
     javax.security.jacc_1.0.0.0_1-1.jar
     javax.servlet_1.0.0.0_2-5.jar
     jdev-cm.jar
     jdev-rt.jar
     jewt4.jar
     jmxframework.jar
     jmxspi.jar
     jps-api.jar
     jps-common.jar
     jps-internal.jar
     jrf-api.jar
     jrf-client.jar
     jrf.jar
     jsp-el-api.jar
     ldapjclnt11.jar
     mdsrt.jar
     ohj.jar
     ojdbc6.jar
     ojdl.jar
     ojmisc.jar
     oracle-el.jar
     oracle_ice.jar
     oraclepki.jar
     oracle.ucp_11.1.0.jar
     orai18n-collation.jar
     orai18n.jar
     orai18n-lcsd.jar
     orai18n-mapping.jar
     orai18n-servlet.jar
     orai18n-translation.jar
     orai18n-utility.jar
     oramds.jar
     org.apache.commons.beanutils_1.6.jar
     org.apache.commons.logging_1.0.4.jar
     osdt_cert.jar
     osdt_core.jar
     osdt_xmlsec.jar
     regexp.jar
     resourcebundle.jar
     runtime12.jar
     share.jar
     trinidad-api.jar
     trinidad-impl.jar
     wls.jsf.di.jar
     xmlef.jar
     xml.jar
     xmlparserv2.jar
Note:
a. Few of the above jars might not be used and we can drill down to clean up this further.
b. We were also facing the issue with the 'adf-richclient-impl-11.jar' (Jdev - 11.1.1.2.0)
Opened the jar, removed the "AdfSignedClientFileWriterApplet.jar" available inside "adf-richclient-impl-11/afr/archives"
folder and saved the adf-richclient-impl-11.jar.
Copied this jar in the lib folder.
JBoss related changes:
8. Copy 'oracle-ds.xml' file into 'jboss-5.0.0.GA/server/default/deploy'
oracle-ds.xml:
     <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
     <datasources>
     <local-tx-datasource>
     <jndi-name>liveDS</jndi-name>
     <use-java-context>true</use-java-context>
     <connection-url>jdbc:oracle:thin:@host:port:sid</connection-url>
     <driver-class>oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver</driver-class>
     <user-name>username</user-name>
     <password>password</password>
     <exception-sorter-class-name>org.jboss.resource.adapter.jdbc.vendor.OracleExceptionSorter</exception-sorter-class-name>
     </local-tx-datasource>
     </datasources>
where 'liveDS' is the datasource name provided in the AM.
9. Copy the Application.EAR into the 'jboss-5.0.0.GA/server/default/deploy' folder and start the server.
The Application deployed successfully but when I access the page in the browser (page having FORM) , Its display nothing,
At the log the following message appears
2010-08-01 12:49:04,968 INFO [oracle.adf.mbean.share.connection.ConnectionsMXBeanImpl] (main) Registering Connection Runtime MBean
*2010-08-01 12:49:15,750 WARNING [oracle.adf.share.jndi.ReferenceStoreHelper] (main) Incomplete connection reference object for connection:hr*
2010-08-01 12:49:19,375 INFO [org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol] (main) Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-127.0.0.1-8080
2010-08-01 12:49:19,421 INFO [org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpProtocol] (main) Starting Coyote AJP/1.3 on ajp-127.0.0.1-8009
2010-08-01 12:49:19,453 INFO [org.jboss.bootstrap.microcontainer.ServerImpl] (main) JBoss (Microcontainer) [5.1.0.GA (build: SVNTag=JBoss_5_1_0_GA date=200905221053)] Started in 2m:22s:172ms
2010-08-01 12:49:42,796 INFO [oracle.jbo.uicli.mom.CpxUtils$Visitor] (http-127.0.0.1-8080-1) jndi:/localhost/BossADFRel2-MVC-context-root/WEB-INF/classes/mvc/DataBindings.cpx
*2010-08-01 12:49:43,140 INFO [oracle.adfinternal.controller.faces.lifecycle.JSFLifecycleImpl] (http-127.0.0.1-8080-1) ADFc: Initializing ADF Page Lifecycle for the JSF environment, LifecycleContextBuilder is 'oracle.adfinternal.controller.application.model.JSFDataBindingLifecycleContextBuilder'.*
but nothing appears in the browser.
I need immadiate Help.
Tanks in Advance.
Edited by: MuhabbatAli on Aug 1, 2010 2:19 PM

Answer 1

User,
As you may know, ADF 11g applications have only been certified/supported on WLS 10.3.x at the moment. Any other application server (whether it be JBoss, Tomcat, Glassfish, WAS, etc) aren't officially documented/supported. There are certainly people who have tried to get it working with varying degrees of success (a quick search of the forum would find some of them), and Shay has indeed highlighted a blog entry of someone who has worked with JBoss.
John