J2EE Compile Framework

Intorduction

This small frameworks helps you to compile and develop really quickly J2EE-Applications. The whole framework is based on the javacompile- and javarun script which are a normal unix shell script! If you work under Windows you can use cygwin than it works also.

It works well under the following operating systems:

Linux (tested)
Solaris (tested)
Windows (tested with Cygwin!)

Download

Here you can download the framework.

Installing

To work with this environment you use the J2SK from Sun. If you use Windows you have to install the Cygwin environment. Additional you use of course an application server and the CLASSPATH variable must have the entry for a j2ee.jar.

>tar -zxvf ejb-project.tgz

Bea Weblogic

I used this framework under Bea Weblogic (http://bea.com). It works well with the evaluation license under Windows, Solaris and Linux!

Compiling

If you will compile the source with the framework you use a j2ee.jar. You can take this from the J2SDK or from your Applicationserver (for example bea: weblogic.jar). (The jar-file 'tools.jar' is also used)!

Copy the jar file to the lib directory of the framework or you add it to the CLASSPATH environment variable.

Now you can compile the source with 'make'

Runing example

Install the application server, the J2SK
Install the framework:
```
>tar -zxvf ejb-project.tgz
```
Add a j2ee.jar file to the CLASSPATH or to the lib path from the framework
Compile the source:
```
>make
```
Deploy the ejb-project.ear to your application server
Start a browser and type in 'http://localhost:7001/webdemo'

Test Commandline Client

Type in 'make client' and
make run

After this it should appear:
> read project file config/client.properties....
==>get InitialContext
==>search objects...
==>received all home objects...
==>search remote interfaces...
==>user created: ( name:myName )
==>finish

Configuration

In the directory config/compile-config you find some configuration files:

config/ear: In this directory are the deployment descriptors of the ear-jarfile.
config/ejb: In this directory are the deployment descriptors of the ejb-jarfile.
config/war: In this directory are the deployment descriptors of the war-jarfile.
config/compile-config/main.properties: In this file you find the main settings from the framework like jar names etc.
config/compile-config/client.properties: It defines the environment to compile and start the commandline client. It reads the main settings from main.properties
config/compile-config/ejb.properties: It defines the environment to compile and create the ejb-jar file for Enterprise Java Beans. It reads the main settings from main.properties
config/compile-config/war.properties: It defines the environment to compile and create the war-jar file for web-applications. It reads the main settings from main.properties
config/compile-config/ear.properties: It defines the environment to compile and create the ear-jar file for complete J2EE applications. It reads the main settings from main.properties
src/client: In this directory is the code of the client programm.
src/server: In this directory you put the whole enterprise java beans.
src/web: In this directory you put your java-files of the web presentation like servlets etc.
websrc: In this directory you put your whole web source like html-, jsp- etc. files.