| How to Use / Configure Eclipse Ganymede to use OC4J in SOA / OAS [message #269906] |
Thu, 02 April 2009 07:12 |
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Hi all
Just wanted to share this with you all,
For quite a while now I've been trying to get eclipse to add applications
and delopy applications to the OC4J embedded in the OAS/SOA but found very
little help out there but I seem to have found a work around
I know that I could have used the OC4J standalone but we needed to use the
one in the SOA
Note that the OC4J found in OAS/SOA components is managed by OPMN so you
cannot stop or start it from eclipse however you can deploy applications
and BPEL processes to it from eclipse. You can also associate applications
with the oc4j in the OAS in your eclipse project. If you need to stop and
start OC4J in the OAS, then use opmnctl.
The reason eclipse will not use OC4J in the SOA/OAS is because eclipse
tries to start the OC4J but seeing as that is managed by opmn, it fails
but if you had a way of telling eclipse that it it did not need to start
the OC4J (it has already been started), then eclipse will use it happily
without trying to start it
Here goes
Start the SOA/OAS Components using opmnctl startall from command prompt
In Eclipse Goto Window > Show View> Other > Server > Server
The Server View should now open up
Right Click > New > Select your version of the OC4J > Click Next > Point
the Oracle J2EE Home to OAS_HOME\j2ee\home > Click Next > Fill in Details
as they apply to you > Next > Select Any applications(If any )that you
want associated with the OC4J and click Finsh
The the server state should say stopped
Close Eclipse
For (OEPE i.e. Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse)
Open the plugin.xml file found at
ECLIPSE_HOME\dropins\wtp\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.jst.ser ver.generic.oc4j_1.5.205.v200805140145\plugin.xml
If you dont have the above folder structure, then you maybe using the
Standard version of Eclipse Ganymede in which case it may be @
ECLIPSE_HOME
\plugins\org.eclipse.jst.server.generic.oc4j_1.5.205.v200805 140145\plugin.xml
Search for the following String "<extension
point="org.eclipse.wst.server.core.serverTypes">"
Make sure the id attribute for the serverType element corresponds to your
version of the OC4J in the OAS i.e.
id="org.eclipse.jst.server.generic.oracle10131". This corresponds to
10.1.3.x i.e. 10.1.3.1 and above
Either change the value of the initialState attribute to
initialState="started" ot remove the initialState="stopped"
Save the file
If you are using OEPE, then there is a further step, you need to open
%ECLIPSE_HOME%\ configuration\org.eclipse.core.runtime and delete
mainData.1. It will be recreated once eclipse starts up again
It seems that OEPE writes server information to this file and will not
read the plugin.xml if this file exists. This rule applies to every change
that you make to
\plugins\org.eclipse.jst.server.generic.oc4j_1.5.205.v200805 140145\plugin.xml
Startup eclipse
The server state should now say started i.e. if you used
initialState="started"
You should now be able to deploy your BPEL Process or Other application to
the OC4J in the OAS
This workaround is only valid if the SOA Components are running
Happy programming
NOTE. If you need to Stop and Start the OC4J, you will need to use opmnctl
from outside eclipse. Trying to stop and start the OC4J from eclipse will
fail as OC4J in the OAS is managed by OPMN.
Hope this helps someone out there!!
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