Create stubs command

The createEJBStubs command creates stub classes for remote interfaces of Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) packaged in Java™ archive (JAR) or enterprise archive (EAR) files. It also provides an option to create a single stub class from an interface class located in a directory or a JAR file. Several command options are provided to package the generated stub classes in different ways. See the Syntax and Examples sections later in this topic for more details.

This command is found in the app_server_root/bin directory as:
  • [IBM i] createEJBStubs
  • [Windows] createEJBStubs.bat
  • [AIX HP-UX Solaris] createEJBStubs.sh

The command searches the input JAR or EAR file for EJB modules that contain beans with remote interfaces. When remote interfaces are found, the corresponding stub classes are generated and packaged according to the command options specified. If the input specified is a single interface class, the tool assumes this class is an EJB remote interface class and generates a remote stub class.

For many client-side scenarios, the WebSphere Application Server Just-In-Time (JIT) deployment feature dynamically generates the RMI-IIOP stub classes that are required for invocation of remote EJB interfaces. However, there are some scenarios where the JIT deploy environment is not available to dynamically generate these classes. In these scenarios, the createEJBStubs command must be used instead to generate and embed the client-side stub class files in your client application. If your client environment is one of the following, use the createEJBStubs command:
  • Bare Java Standard Edition (SE) clients, where a Java SE Java virtual machine (JVM) is the client environment.
  • A WebSphere Application Server container (web container, EJB container, or application client container) from a version earlier than version 7, or without the Feature Pack for EJB 3.0 applied.
  • Non-WebSphere Application Server environments.

Syntax

createEJBStubs input_ class_ name | input_JAR_name | input_EAR_name [-help] [-newfile [new_file]] [-updatefile [update_file]] [-quiet] [-verbose] [-logfile log_file] [-appendlog] [-cp class_path] [-trace]
createEJBStubs
This is the command to create EJB stub classes for a single interface class file, a JAR file, or an EAR file. When invoked without any arguments, or only -help, the createEJBStubs command displays a list of options that can be specified, and a list of example invocations with detailed explanations.
input_class_name or input_EAR_name or input_JAR_name

The first parameter is a required element for the command. It must contain the source class, JAR, or EAR file to process.

This parameter may be the fully qualified name of a single interface class (e.g. com.ibm.myRemoteInterface). Note that the package name segments are separated by . characters, no path name proceeds the class name, and the .classextension is not included. For this interface class input, you must use the class path option (e.g. -cp my_path or -cp my_path/my_interfaces.jar) to specify where the interface class will be found. The generated stub class will be placed in the package-defined directory structure, starting with the current directory where the command is invoked.

This parameter may also be a JAR or EAR file. In this case the path must be specified (e.g. my_path/my_Server_App.ear). The generated stub classes will be placed in the same module or modules with the beans, or in the same module or modules with the remote interface classes, depending on whether the -updatefile option is specified. Details follow later in this section.

-help
Provides the command syntax, including a list of options that can be specified, and example invocations with detailed explanations.
-newfile [new_file]
Requests that a new file is generated containing the original files in the input JAR or EAR plus the stub classes. When this option is not specified, the stubs are written back into the original JAR or EAR file. If this option is specified, but the new_file name is not provided, a new file name is constructed by appending the input JAR or EAR file name with _withStubs. This option is not allowed when the first input parameter is an interface class.
-updatefile [update_file]
Requests that a second file (e.g. in addition to the input file) is updated with stub classes. This option also provides a different packaging behavior. The stub classes are packaged in the same module or modules as the remote interface classes. By contrast, when this option is not specified, the stub classes are packaged in the same module or modules with the bean classes. If this option is specified, but the update_file name is not provided only the original JAR or EAR file is updated with stub classes. This option is not allowed when the first input parameter is an interface class.
-quiet
Requests the suppression of messages. The -quiet option cannot be specified with either the -verbose or the -trace options. Error messages are still displayed.
-verbose
Requests that additional informational messages be output. The -verbose option cannot be specified with either the -quiet or the -trace options.
-logfile log_file
Requests that messages be printed to a log file in addition to the console. If this option is specified, the log_file name must also be provided.
-appendlog
Requests that messages be appended to an existing log file. If this option is specified, the -logfile option must also be specified.
-cp class_path
Requests that the classloader includes the specified the class path where additional class or jar files are located, which are necessary for the remote interface classes to be loaded. The class path may include multiple segments where each path is separated from a previous path by the default path separator character of the operating system. Each path can specify either a JAR file or a directory. If this option is specified, the class_path name must also be provided.
-trace
Request that detailed trace output be generated. This is intended to collect information for use by IBM® service to resolve problems. The trace output is English-only. This option cannot be specified with either the -quiet or the -verbose options.

Examples

createEJBStubs com.ibm.myRemoteInterface -cp my_path
Generate the stub class for one remote interface class and place it in the package-defined directory structure, starting at the current directory. The my_path directory is as the class path. If the remote interface class to process is in a JAR file, the -cp my_path/my_interfaces.jar syntax must be used for the class path specification.

createEJBStubs my_path/my_beans.jar -newfile -quiet
Generate the stub classes for all enterprise beans in the my_beans.jar file that have remote interfaces. Both the generated stub classes and the original JAR file contents are packaged into a new JAR file named my_beans_withStubs.jar because the optional new_file name parameter is not specified along with the -newfile option. Output messages are suppressed except for error notifications.
createEJBStubs my_path/my_Server_App.ear -logfile myLog.out
Generate the stub classes for all enterprise beans in the my_Server_App.ear file that have remote interfaces. The generated stub classes are placed into the original EAR file because the -newfile option is not specified. The stub classes are packaged into the same module or modules as the bean classes because the -updatefile option is not specified. Messages are written to both the myLog.out log file and the command window.
createEJBStubs my_path/my_Server_App.ear -updatefile my_path/my_Client_interfaces.jar
Generate the stub classes for all enterprise beans in the my_Server_App.ear file that have remote interfaces. The generated stub classes are placed into both the original EAR file and the my_Client_interfaces.jar file. The stub classes are packaged into the same module or modules as the remote interface classes because the -updatefile option is specified.
createEJBStubs my_path/my_Server_App.ear -updatefile
Generate the stub classes for all enterprise beans in the my_Server_App.ear file that have remote interfaces. The generated stub classes are only placed into the original EAR file because the optional update_file name parameter is not provided with the -updatefile option. The stub classes are packaged into the same module or modules as the remote interface classes because the -updatefile option is specified.