The Fei's Tech Notes: Build Ear File with ant for MongoDB, WebSphere Application Server

I have explained how to setup MongoDB development environment for WebSphere Application Server with Eclipse in post: http://feijiangnan.blogspot.ca/2013/09/setup-eclipse-for-mongodb-and-websphere.html, let's go further to compile the code using Apache Ant.

In this scenario, I used Linux to run the tasks.

1. Install Ant

You can find the binary and installation guide on http://ant.apache.org/

2. Create build.xml like below

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project name="mongodbHelloWorld" default="buildEar" basedir=".">
    <description>
        First Mongodb Java Project
    </description>
    
    <property name="distName" value="mongodbHelloWorld" />
    <property name="src" location="src" />
    <property name="build" location="build" />
    <property name="warDir" location="wars" />
    <property name="earDir" location="ears" />
    <property name="outputDir" location="output" />
    <property name="warFile" value="${distName}.war" />
    <property name="earFile" value="${distName}.ear" />
    <property name="wasJRELib" value="/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/java/jre/lib" />
    <property name="wasLib" value="/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/java/jre/lib" />
    <property name="wasJavaLib" value="/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/java/lib" />
    <property name="wasLibExt" value="/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/java/jre/lib/ext" />
    <property name="wasPlugins" value="/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/plugins" />
    <property name="wasEndorsed" value="/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/endorsed_apis" />
    <property name="wasJEE" value="/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/dev/JavaEE/6.0" />
    <property name="wasVM" value="/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/java/jre/lib/amd64/default/jclSC160" />

    <path id="project.class.path">
        <pathelement location="lib/mongo-java-driver-2.11.2.jar" />
        <fileset dir="${wasJEE}" includes="*.jar" />
        <fileset dir="${wasJRELib}" includes="*.jar" />
        <fileset dir="${wasLib}" includes="*.jar" />
        <fileset dir="${wasJavaLib}" includes="*.jar" />
        <fileset dir="${wasLibExt}" includes="*.jar" />
        <fileset dir="${wasEndorsed}" includes="*.jar" />
        <fileset dir="${wasPlugins}" includes="*.jar" />
    </path>

    <target name="init">
        
        <tstamp />
        
        <mkdir dir="${build}" />
    </target>

    <target name="compile" depends="init" description="compile the source ">
        
        <javac srcdir="${src}" destdir="${build}" includeantruntime="false">
            <classpath refid="project.class.path" />
        </javac>
    </target>

    <target name="buildWar" depends="compile" description="generate the distribution">
        
        <mkdir dir="${warDir}/lib" />
        <war destfile="${warDir}/wars/${warFile}" needxmlfile='false'>

            <webinf dir="WebContent/WEB-INF">
                <include name="**/*.xml" />
            </webinf>

            <classes dir="WebContent/WEB-INF/classes" />

            <lib dir="lib">
                <include name="mongo-java-driver-2.11.2.jar" />
                <exclude name="jdbc1.jar" />
            </lib>
        </war>

    </target>

    <target name="clean" description="clean up">
        
        <delete dir="${build}" />
        <delete dir="${warDir}" />
        <delete dir="${earDir}" />
    </target>

    <target name="buildEar" depends="clean, buildWar">
        <mkdir dir="${earDir}/META-INF" />

        <copy todir="${earDir}/" file="${warDir}/wars/${warFile}" />
        <copy tofile="${earDir}/META-INF/application.xml" file="application.xml" />
    
        <jar jarfile="${outputDir}/${earFile}" basedir="${earDir}">
            
            <manifest>
                <attribute name="Implementation-Vendor" value="Go Weekend" />
                <attribute name="Implementation-Title" value="Client Registration" />
                <attribute name="Implementation-Version" value="1.0" />
            </manifest>
        </jar>
    </target>
</project>

3. Create application.xml as below

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<application id="HellowMongodb" version="6" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/application_6.xsd">
        <application-name>HelloMongoDB</application-name>
        <display-name>Hello Mongodb</display-name>
        <icon>
                <small-icon>/META-INF/MongoDB_Small.jpeg</small-icon>
                <large-icon>/META-INF/MongoDB_Large.jpeg</large-icon>
        </icon>
        <module id="WebModule_HelloMongodb">
                <web>
                        <web-uri>mongodbHelloWorld.war</web-uri>
                        <context-root>HelloMongodb</context-root>
                </web>
        </module>
</application>

4. Create web.xml in WebContent/WEB-INF

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd" version="3.0">
    <display-name>mongodbHelloWorld</display-name>
    <welcome-file-list>
        <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
        <welcome-file>index.htm</welcome-file>
        <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
        <welcome-file>default.html</welcome-file>
        <welcome-file>default.htm</welcome-file>
        <welcome-file>default.jsp</welcome-file>
    </welcome-file-list>
</web-app>

5. Run Ant to build ear file

ant -f build.xml buildEar

6. Deploy the ear file

Deploy the ear file in your WebSphere Application Server, and connect to the application in your browser like:
http://<your hostname>:9060/HelloMongodb/HelloMongodb

The Fei's Tech Notes

Friday, September 13, 2013

Build Ear File with ant for MongoDB, WebSphere Application Server