Depending libraries not found

Question

Hello,
JDev: 11.1.1.4.0
WLS: 10.1.3.4
OS: Windows 7
In our Application we have multiple projects : 1 model, 1 ViewController (for the base application), x ViewController projects for the different taskflows.
We want to be able to deploy all projects seperately, to allow for easy patching of the application.
To test this, I created another application with just a model and 1 viewcontroller project (standard ADF Application Template).
I created an ADF Jar for the model and deployed it to the integrated WLS.
I created an EAR for the ViewController, which doesn't include the JAR nor the classes of the model, and also deployed it to the integrated WLS.
Supprise : My app doesn't find the configuration file /model/common/bc4j.xcfg. This file is presented in the JAR (verified).
I'm pretty sure that the link between the ear file and the jar file is gone.
So I started creating a METAINF.MF file for the JAR with the content:
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Created-By: Filip Huysmans
Implementation-Title: aModel Shared Library
Extension-Name: aModel
Specification-Version: 1.0.0
Implementation-Version: 1.0.0
Implementation-Vendor: HuysmansI added a weblogic-application.xml file to the ViewController project with the content:
<?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'windows-1252'?>
<weblogic-application xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
                      xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.bea.com/ns/weblogic/weblogic-application http://www.bea.com/ns/weblogic/weblogic-application/1.0/weblogic-application.xsd"
                      xmlns="http://www.bea.com/ns/weblogic/weblogic-application">
  <library-ref>
    <library-name>aModel</library-name>
    <exact-match>false</exact-match>
  </library-ref>
</weblogic-application>But even then, I got the same result.
Adding to that, in the WLS console, on the Overview tab of my shared library (JAR), I don't see my ViewController application as being an application that references this library (table at the end of the page).
What do I do wrong?
Is there any good guide (with examples) on how to do this?
Thank you in advance.
Filip Huysmans.

Answer 1

Thank you both for your explanations and help!
@igor:
I run the script from NB, I have't installed ant separatly to run in from the console
1) Can I enable the debug option in NB, too? I haven't found a possibility to edit ant options there.
2) How can I execute the fx:jar alone?
I think I haven't quite understand yet how my changes in build.xml interact with build-impl.xml and jfx-impl.xml and where I have to put the fx:jar.
Do I have to create a new target in build.xml and insert it there? I don't think so, because all the other preperations from the xml's weren't done in this case.
Do I have to overwrite the -do-jar-with-manifest target and insert it there?
Or put it just under the project-tag in build.xml and it is connected automatically with the building process from the xml's?
I made a minimal Test-project: A new JavaFX-Project with one external jar (log4j). After building without changes I had the same error as above :-(
Here is the log from netbeans after running the target "jar":
init:
Deleting: \NetBeansProjects\Test\build\built-jar.properties
deps-jar:
Updating property file: \NetBeansProjects\Test\build\built-jar.properties
compile:
Building jar: \NetBeansProjects\Test\dist\Test.jar
Copy libraries to \NetBeansProjects\Test\dist\lib.
Building jar: \NetBeansProjects\Test\dist\Test.jar
Detected JavaFX Ant API version 1.1
Deleting: \NetBeansProjects\Test\dist\Test.jar
Deleting: \NetBeansProjects\Test\dist\lib\Test.jar
Deleting: \NetBeansProjects\Test\dist\README.TXT
Skip jar copy to itself: Test.jar
Skip jar copy to itself: lib/log4j-1.2.16.jar
jfx-deployment:
jar:
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 1 second)Why is the "Building jar"-section twice? And where does it come from, I haven't found this logging in the xml's? Why is the Test.jar deleted after building? Im am confused...
@jsmith:
I hope that it will run with NB, but otherwise I will try your solution with the javafxpackager - thanks!