Removing EJB client JAR projects

If your EJB project is configured with an associated EJB client JAR project, you can remove the EJB client JAR project. The contents of the EJB client JAR project are combined with the EJB project, all references are updated, and the EJB client JAR project is deleted.

About this task

The removal of the EJB client JAR project cannot be undone, but you can recreate the EJB client JAR file later. For more information, see Creating EJB client JAR projects.

Procedure

In the Enterprise Explorer view of the Java™ EE perspective, right-click the EJB project, and select Java EE > Remove EJB Client JAR Project from the pop-up menu.
A warning dialog asks you to confirm the removal. Click Yes to remove the EJB client JAR project.

Results

The removal process automatically does the following:

Contents of the EJB client JAR project are combined with the EJB project.
If duplicate files exist in the EJB project and the EJB client JAR project, then you are asked whether you want to overwrite.
All references are updated:
- The reference to the EJB client JAR project as a Project Utility JAR is removed from all referencing EAR projects.
- If the referencing EAR project does not contain the EJB module project, then the EJB module project is added to the referencing EAR project as a Project Utility JAR.
- Any external class path entries in the EJB client JAR project (for example, a class path entry for xerces.jar) are copied to the EJB project.
- Any Java JAR dependencies (for example, entries in the manifest Class-Path of the EJB client JAR project) are copied to the EJB project.
- Any Java JAR dependencies of other modules in the EAR projects that contain the EJB client JAR project are updated to reference the EJB project instead of the EJB client JAR project.
The EJB client JAR project is deleted.

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