Approaches to load jar files

There are two approaches to load jar files not from (web-inf/lib)

Step1: Create lib folder inside DAMS-Ear/Ear Content. Place the required jar files inside the lib. JBoss will by default add all these jars to classpath of the application and make them available.

Step2: Add dependent or component jars in application.xml file in Ear and deploy the web-app

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<application id="Application_ID" version="1.4" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"               xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/application_1_4.xsd">

<display-name>DAMS-Ear</display-name>

<module id="WebModule_1233318064937">

        <web>

            <web-uri>DAMS-Web.war</web-uri>

            <context-root>DAMS-Web</context-root>

        </web>

    </module>

    <module >    

     <java>DAMS-xxx.jar</java>    

    </module>

        

</application>

We add each module as shown above

Note: In eclipse Ear shows errors but application is deployed

Let me know if you have any queries…..