JR25368: RAD7: FOR EJB PROJECT, USING EXTERNAL EJB DEPLOYMENT SOURCE FOLDER THROWS EXCEPTIONS WHEN BUILDING (PREPARE FOR DEPLOYMENT)

Rational Application Developer, Version 7.0.0.2

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• In RAD7.0.0, EJB fails to deploy with external src folders
  (because ".settings\.webspheredeploy" cannot be updated by RAD7,
  then when executing "prepare for deployment",
  NullPointerExeception at
  "com.ibm.etools.ejbdeploy.properties.ResourceProperties.getGene
  rationOutputFolder" will be thrown). The workaround is that:
  ".settings\.webspheredeploy" has to be modified
  manually to reflect the current EJB deployment source folder.
  
  Tried to send PMR to AST L3 team & was suggested to create an
  APAR for this defect.
  

Local fix

• Deploy is failing because RAD7 reads from the
  component-result-ejb/.settings/.webspheredeploy file that the
  deploy folder is 'src', but 'src' is not a source folder for
  this EJB project-this causes the problem.  The
  work-around is  manually modifying the
  component-result-ejb/.settings/.webspheredeploy file and
  changing the   <generationFolder name="src"/> entry to
  <generationFolder name="source"/> - this should correct the
  problem and able to deploy EJBs.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All users of EJB Deploy in Rational          *
  *                 Application Developer version 7.0 and        *
  *                 WebSphere Application Server Toolkit         *
  *                 version 6.1                                  *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: If an EJB project has been configured   *
  *                      to use a source folder that is a        *
  *                      linked resource then EJB Deploy may     *
  *                      fail to locate this directory           *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  If an EJB project has been configured to use a source folder
  that is a linked to a directory in a non-source folder than
  EJB Deploy may fail to locate this directory properly.  The
  result is some EJB deploy code will go to the non-source
  folder parent directory followed by deploy failing with a
  NullPointerException.
  

Problem conclusion

• Deploy will now properly check that the folder it is
  generating code to is a source folder.  If it determines that
  it is not a source folder than it will automatically pick the
  first one available to store the generated code.  The fix for
  this APAR is currently targeted for inclusion in Rational
  Application Developer v7.0.0.2 and WebSphere Application
  Server Toolkit v6.1.1 fixpack 2.  Please refer to the
  Recommended Updates page for WebSphere Application Server
  Toolkit delivery information:
  http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27004980
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Modules/Macros

• AST
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WEBAPP SERVER A

• Fixed component ID

  5724J0820

Applicable component levels

• R610 PSY

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