Walks you through the steps required to associate an
enterprise server instance with your project, build the project, set deployment properties, deploy the service interface, and verify the deployment
results.
To successfully deploy a Java service interface to an
enterprise server instance, you need to first set some options in
Enterprise Developer.
Build the ProgramEJB Project
You need to build the project to generate all required deployment files.
- On the Solution Explorer, right-click the
ProgramEJB project; then click
Build.
Set Deployment Properties
To ensure that the deployment process runs smoothly, you must set some options that tell
Enterprise Developer
what application server to use and where to find certain files.
- From the Solution Explorer, click the
AccessBooks service interface.
This activates the
Properties window for the
AccessBooks service interface.
- In the
Properties window, ensure that the
Interface type property is set to
Java Interface (default).
- Click the
Application files to deploy field, and then click its corresponding browse button
.
- On the
Add/Remove Items dialog box, use the click
Add Files button to add the following files:
File
|
Project Folder
|
bookfile.dat
|
ProgramEJB
|
bookfile.idx
|
ProgramEJB
|
book.dll
|
ProgramEJB >
bin > x86 > Debug
|
- When all three files have been added, click
OK.
These files are copied to the
enterprise server instance when you deploy. The
.dat and
.idx files are the data and index parts of the indexed file accessed by the service. The
.dll is the executable file you need to debug the service.
- In the
Properties window, set the
Application server to
JBoss EAP 7.1 (Java7).
Now you need to add three EJB connector class files to the Classpath, one each for the Java EJB, resource, and servlet files.
Each file resides in
%JBOSS_HOME%\modules\system\layers\base\javax\connector_class\api\main where
connector_class represents
EJB,
resource, or
servlet respectively. The file names are:
Filename
|
Connector class type
|
jboss-ejb-api_3.2_spec-1.0.0.Final-redhat-1.jar
|
EJB
|
jboss-connector-api_1.7_spec-1.0.0.Final-redhat-1.jar
|
resource
|
jboss-servlet-api_3.1_spec-1.0.0.Final-redhat-1.jar
|
servlet
|
- Add each connector class file to the Classpath as follows:
- On the
Properties window, click the
Browse button that corresponds to the
Classpath field.
- Navigate to the
%JBOSS_HOME%\modules\system\layers\base\javax\connector_class\api\main directory that corresponds to the connector class file you want to add.
- Double-click the file you want to add.
- Repeat this sequence until all three files are added.
- In the same manner as the previous step, add the
javac.exe file in your
%JAVA_HOME%\bin directory to the Classpath.
- Click
OK.
Associate the ESDEMO Enterprise Server Instance
You need to associate the ESDEMO
enterprise server instance with your
ProgramEJB project:
- From Server Explorer, expand
localhost under
Micro Focus Servers to see a list of available
enterprise server instances.
- Right-click
ESDEMO; then click
Associate with Project > ProgramEJB.
Stop Enterprise Server Instances
To ensure that your
enterprise server instance does not encounter any port conflicts with other
enterprise server instances that use the same listener port, stop all started
enterprise server instances as follows:
- From the Server Explorer, expand
localhost
under
Micro Focus Servers to see a list of
enterprise server instances.
- Right-click each started
enterprise server instance, and stop it by selecting
Stop from the context menu. Started
enterprise server instances show with a green icon
.
Start the ESDEMO Enterprise Server Instance
Before deploying your service interface, you must start the ESDEMO instance where the AccessBooks service will run.
- From the Server Explorer, expand
localhost
under
Micro Focus Servers to see a list of available
enterprise server instances.
- To start the
ESDEMO
enterprise server instance, right-click it; then click
Start.
Note: If this is the first time you have started the server you see a sign-on dialog box. If
Server is secured is checked, uncheck it; then click
OK. Unchecking
Server is secured prevents this dialog box from showing when you subsequently start the region. If
Server is secured is not checked, simply click
OK to clear the dialog box.
The
Enterprise Server Console Daemon is then invoked, starting the
enterprise server instance.
Deploy the AccessBooks Java interface
- From
the Solution Explorer, right-click the
AccessBooks
service interface; then click
Deploy.
The
Output window shows the progression of the deployment process. If deployment was successful, you should see a message indicating success.
If deployment ever fails, you should find a message in the output window indicating why it failed. Also, the failure message
contains the path to the deployment log file. You can type the address into a browser and view the log file from there.
View deployment results
Now that your
service interface has been deployed as a service running on the ESDEMO enterprise server, you can look at the details of the deployed
service Enterprise Server Administration page.
- If
Enterprise Server Administration is not showing in
Visual Studio, start it as follows:
- From the Server Explorer in
Enterprise Developer, right-click
Micro Focus Servers; then click
Administration.
The Enterprise Server Administration Home page starts in an
Enterprise Developer window.
In the row showing information for the ESDEMO enterprise server, you should see that the
Objects column shows the number of services that this enterprise server runs. In this case, the number of running services should
be at least 9. These are the five that come standard with the ESDEMO enterprise server, plus the one service you added containing
four operations. You might see more if you have deployed other services to the ESDEMO enterprise server.
- Click the
Details button for the ESDEMO Services.
In the row showing your new service,
AccessBooks, you see that the
Current Status column shows all four operations as
Available. This means that the service is ready to be accessed.