Using external util JAR from Session EJB

I have a Stateless Session EJB that uses some classes packaged in a utility jar. How do I package the EJB jar with this util jar, and get the app server to recognize this utility jar? including a /lib dir with the utils jar in it, like you would with a WAR, doesn't work.
I've temporarily got this to work by modifying the startup scripts for my app server to ensure my jar is included in the -classpath arg, but this cannot be the intended way. (cannot find details on this in the tutorial).
Thanks in advance!

Well, the answer depends a lot on which appserver you're using, because it obviously depends on how the vendor implemented the containers' ClassLoaders. What usually works is dependent upon a portion of the JVM spec regarding the MANIFEST.MF file. If you package your ejb.jar and library.jar in an .ear file, you can put the following in the ejb.jar MANIFEST.MF:
ClassPath: library.jarNote that there must be at least one blank line at the end of the MANIFEST.MF file.
This works on WebLogic, but, as an example, JBoss uses a single ClassLoader, so I'm not entirely sure how you'd go about the same thing there.
And you're quite right - putting it in the JVM ClassPath is not a good idea...

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