A Tutorial for JbossIDE

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A Tutorial for JbossIDE

• Cheng Peng
• cpeng_at_site.uottawa.ca

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Where to get the document?

• http//www.site.uottawa.ca/cpeng/teaching.htm

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J2EE Platform

• Client-tier components run on the client machine.
• Web-tier components run on the J2EE server.
• Business-tier components run on the J2EE server.
• Enterprise information system (EIS)-tier software
  runs on the EIS server.

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J2EE Server Communications
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J2EE Containers

• Containers are the interface between a component
  and the low-level platform-specific functionality
  that supports the component.
• Before a web component, enterprise bean, or
  application client component can be executed, it
  must be assembled into a J2EE module and deployed
  into its container.
• The assembly process involves specifying
  container settings for each component in the J2EE
  application and for the J2EE application itself.

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Packaging Applications

• A J2EE application is delivered in an Enterprise
  Archive (EAR) file, a standard Java Archive (JAR)
  file with an .ear extension.
• An EAR file contains J2EE modules and deployment
  descriptors.
• A deployment descriptor is an XML document with
  an .xml extension that describes the deployment
  settings of an application, a module, or a
  component.

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Packaging Applications (Contd)

• A J2EE module consists of one or more J2EE
  components for the same container type and one
  component deployment descriptor of that type.
• EJB modules, which contain class files for
  enterprise beans and an EJB deployment
  descriptor. EJB modules are packaged as JAR files
  with a .jar extension.
• Web modules, which contain servlet class files,
  JSP files, supporting class files, GIF and HTML
  files, and a web application deployment
  descriptor. Web modules are packaged as JAR files
  with a .war (web archive) extension.
• Application client modules, which contain class
  files and an application client deployment
  descriptor. Application client modules are
  packaged as JAR files with a .jar extension.
• Resource adapter modules, which contain all Java
  interfaces, classes, native libraries, and other
  documentation, along with the resource adapter
  deployment descriptor. Together, these implement
  the Connector architecture for a particular EIS.
  Resource adapter modules are packaged as JAR
  files with an .rar (resource adapter archive)
  extension.

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Install JbossIDE for Eclipse 3.1 series

• Start Eclipse.
• Select Help gt Software Updates gt Find and
  Install...
• Select Search for new features to install
• Select Add Update Site from the right menu. In
  the dialog fill the name with JBossIDE50 and the
  URL with http//download.jboss.org/jbosside/update
  s/development/
• Follow the steps
• At the end of the installation, you will be
  prompted to restart Eclipse. Click yes.

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Install JbossIDE for Eclipse 3.0.x series (Contd)

• If you are behind a proxy you have to go to
  Window gt Preferences gt Install/Update, select
  Enable HTTP Proxy Connection and insert values
  for Host Address and Port.
• You can be notified when new updates are
  available. You can also configure Eclipse to
  fetch new updates and make them ready to install.
  All this configuration can be done through the
  Window gt Preferences gt Install/Update gt Automatic
  Updates preferences page.

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Case Study

• Download JBossIDE Tutorial from
• http//www.site.uottawa.ca/ssome/Cours/SEG3202/JB
  ossIDE-Tutorial-1.4.1.pdf

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Configuration

• JBoss 4.0.2
• JDK 1.5.0_05
• Eclipse 3.1
• JBossIDE 5.0M2

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The Project (Chap. 3)

• Create a new J2EE 1.4 Project. Select File gt New
  gt Project... and choose JBoss-IDE gt J2EE 1.4
  Project.

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Generation of the EJB related files (Chap. 5)

• Procedure 5.5. JBoss Configuration
• Add a new jboss subtask to the ejbdoclet (see
  above).
• a. Set the destDir property to src/META-INF.
• b. Set the Version property to 4.0.

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Generation of the Servlet related files (Chap. 7)

• Procedure 7.5. JBoss Configuration
• Add a new jbosswebxml subtask to the webdoclet
  (see above).
• Set the Version property to 4.0.

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The J2EE Application (Chap. 8)

• Creating the application.xml
• 1. Right click on the src/META-INF folder, and
• choose New gt Other....
• 2. Choose JBoss-IDE gt Descriptors gt EAR 1.4
• Deployment Descriptor, and click Next.

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References

• JBossIDE Tutorial, http//docs.jboss.com/jbosside/
  tutorial/build/en/html/
• The J2EE 1.4 Tutorial
• http//java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/tutorial/doc/