Unable to parse setupCmdLine: null\bin\setupCmdLine.bat

[Jay Abrahm]

I have an application developer on RAD 7 IDE. I am trying to setup ant using a ant snippet that I got online. However I get the following error.

BUILD FAILED
build.xml:52: Unable to parse setupCmdLine: null\bin\setupCmdLine.bat (The system cannot find the path specified.)

I tried setting the user.install.root to C:\Program Files/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61/ and restarting RAD but it still does not solve the problem.

This is the ant script that I have used. Is there some other environment variables that I need to set

 
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project name="project" default="default" basedir=".">
<description>
Build/Deploy an EAR to WebSphere Application Server 6.1
</description>

    <property name="was_home" value="C:\Program Files/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61/" />
    <path id="was.runtime">
        <fileset dir="${was_home}/lib">
            <include name="**/*.jar" />
        </fileset>
        <fileset dir="${was_home}/plugins">
            <include name="**/*.jar" />
        </fileset>
    </path>
    <property name="was_cp" value="${toString:was.runtime}" />
    <property environment="env" />
    <property name="ear" value="C:\Java_Develop\workspace\Project/antProject.ear" />

    <target name="default" depends="deployEar">
    </target>

    <target name="generateWar" depends="compileWarClasses">
        <jar destfile="temppppp.war">
            <fileset dir="../WebContent">
            </fileset>
        </jar>
    </target>

    <target name="compileWarClasses">
        <echo message="was_cp=${was_cp}" />
        <javac srcdir="." destdir="../WebContent/WEB-INF/classes" classpath="${was_cp}">
        </javac>
    </target>

    <target name="generateEar" depends="generateWar">
        <mkdir dir="./earbin/META-INF"/>
        <move file="temppppp.war" todir="./earbin" />
        <copy file="../../Project/META-INF/application.xml" todir="./earbin/META-INF" />
        <jar destfile="${ear}">
            <fileset dir="./earbin" />
        </jar>
    </target>

    <target name="deployEar" depends="generateEar">
        <taskdef name="wsInstallApp" classname="com.ibm.websphere.ant.tasks.InstallApplication" classpath="${was_cp}"/>
        <wsInstallApp ear="${ear}" 
            failonerror="true" 
            debug="true" 
            taskname=""
            washome="${was_home}" />
    </target>

</project>

[Martijn Verburg]

You're mixing your forward slashes and backwards slashes for a start....

[Peter Johnson]

Don't use backwards slashes in Ant strings - a backwards slash is an escape character used in combination with the following character (to see what happens, do an 'echo' of property 'was_home'). Change them all to forward slashes.

[Jay Abrahm]

I know this is a really delayed response. Sorry about that and thanks for responding. Got stuck in some other issues (Yep I know 1 month is too long to get stuck)

I fixed the backslash issue as shown in the build file below

<?xml version="1.0"?>  
<project name="project" default="default" basedir=".">  
<description>  
Build/Deploy an EAR to WebSphere Application Server 6.1  
</description>  
  
    <property name="was_home" value="C:/Program Files/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61/" />  
    <path id="was.runtime">  
        <fileset dir="${was_home}/lib">  
            <include name="**/*.jar" />  
        </fileset>  
        <fileset dir="${was_home}/plugins">  
            <include name="**/*.jar" />  
        </fileset>  
    </path>  
    <property name="was_cp" value="${toString:was.runtime}" />  
    <property environment="env" />  
    <property name="ear" value="C:/PROJECT/build/projectEAR.ear" />  
  
    <target name="default" depends="deployEar">  
    </target>  
  
    <target name="generateWar" depends="compileWarClasses">  
        <jar destfile="../../build/projectWAR.war">  
            <fileset dir="../WebContent">  
            </fileset>  
        </jar>  
    </target>  
  
    <target name="compileWarClasses">  
        <echo message="was_cp=${was_cp}" />  
        <javac srcdir="." destdir="../WebContent/WEB-INF/classes" classpath="${was_cp}">  
        </javac>  
    </target>  
  
    <target name="generateEar" depends="generateWar">  
        <mkdir dir="../../build/earbin/META-INF"/>  
        <move file="../../build/projectWAR.war" todir="../../build/earbin" />  
        <copy file="../../Project/META-INF/application.xml" todir="../../build/earbin/META-INF" />  
        <jar destfile="${ear}">  
            <fileset dir="../../build/earbin" />  
        </jar>  
    </target>  
  
    <target name="deployEar" depends="generateEar">  
        <taskdef name="wsInstallApp" classname="com.ibm.websphere.ant.tasks.InstallApplication" classpath="${was_cp}"/>  
        <wsInstallApp ear="${ear}"   
            failonerror="true"   
            debug="true"   
            taskname=""  
            washome="${was_home}" />  
    </target>  
  
</project>

But I still get the following error

Buildfile: C:\PROJECT\ProjectWeb\src\build.xml
compileWarClasses:
     [echo] was_cp=C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\EJBCommandTarget.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\IVTClient.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\WMQ\java\lib\com.ibm.mq.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\WMQ\java\lib\com.ibm.mqjms.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\WMQ\java\lib\dhbcore.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\activation-impl.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\aspectjrt.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\base.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\bootstrap.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\bsf-engines.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\commandlineutils.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\ffdcSupport.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\htmlshell.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\installver.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\installxml.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\iscdeploy.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\ivblogbr.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\j2ee.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\jacl.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\launchclient.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\lmproxy.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\mail-impl.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\marshall.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\nif.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\pc-appext.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\physicalrep.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\pmirm4arm.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\rrd-appext.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\rsadbutils.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\rsahelpers.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\serviceadapter.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\sljc.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\spy-sl.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\spy.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\sqlserver.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\startup.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\tcljava.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\urlprotocols.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\util.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\webadmin\management.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\wsatlib.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\wsif-compatb.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.cds_2.0.1.200608081353.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.events.client_6.1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.events.service_6.1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.icu_3.4.5.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.uddi_1.0.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.bootstrap_6.1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.debug.osgi_6.1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.ejbportable_6.1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.emf_2.1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.esi_6.1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.jdt.core_6.1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.migration_6.1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.ext_2.0.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer_2.0.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.proxy.admin_6.1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.proxy_6.1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.runtime.coregroupbridge_6.1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.runtime.dist_6.1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.runtime.gateway_6.1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.runtime_6.1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.security.crypto_6.1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.sib.server_2.0.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.sib.utils_2.0.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.sib.wccm_2.0.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.sip.container_6.1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.sip.proxy_6.1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.wccm.compatibility_6.1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.wccm_6.1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.webcontainer_2.0.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.webui_6.1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.wsadie_6.1.0\marshall.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.wsadie_6.1.0\physicalrep.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.ws.wsadie_6.1.0\wsatlib.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.wsspi.extension_6.1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.wsspi.proxy.extension_6.1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\com.ibm.wsspi.rrd_6.1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\org.eclipse.ant.core_3.1.100.v20060531.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\org.eclipse.core.commands_3.2.0.I20060605-1400.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\org.eclipse.core.contenttype_3.2.0.v20060603.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\org.eclipse.core.expressions_3.2.1.r321_v20060721.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\org.eclipse.core.filesystem_1.0.0.v20060603.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\org.eclipse.core.jobs_3.2.0.v20060603.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\org.eclipse.core.resources_3.2.1.R32x_v20060914.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\org.eclipse.core.runtime.compatibility_3.1.100.v20060603.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\org.eclipse.core.runtime_3.2.0.v20060603.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\org.eclipse.core.variables_3.1.100.v20060605.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\org.eclipse.emf.common_2.2.1.v200609210005.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\org.eclipse.emf.commonj.sdo_2.1.0.v200609210005.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\org.eclipse.emf.ecore.change_2.2.0.v200609210005.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\org.eclipse.emf.ecore.sdo_2.2.0.v200609210005.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi_2.2.1.v200609210005.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\org.eclipse.emf.ecore_2.2.1.v200609210005.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\org.eclipse.equinox.common_3.2.0.v20060603.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\org.eclipse.equinox.preferences_3.2.1.R32x_v20060717.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\org.eclipse.equinox.registry_3.2.1.R32x_v20060814.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\org.eclipse.jdt.core_3.2.0.v_671.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\org.eclipse.osgi_3.2.1.R32x_v20060919.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\org.eclipse.text_3.2.0.v20060605-1400.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\plugins\org.eclipse.update.configurator_3.2.1.v20092006.jar
generateWar:
      [jar] Building jar: C:\PROJECT\build\projectWAR.war
generateEar:
    [mkdir] Created dir: C:\PROJECT\build\earbin\META-INF
     [move] Moving 1 file to C:\PROJECT\build\earbin
     [copy] Copying 1 file to C:\PROJECT\build\earbin\META-INF
      [jar] Building jar: C:\PROJECT\build\projectEAR.ear
deployEar:
      [jar] Installing Application [C:\PROJECT\build\projectEAR.ear]...

BUILD FAILED
C:\PROJECT\ProjectWeb\src\build.xml:51: Unable to parse setupCmdLine: null\bin\setupCmdLine.bat (The system cannot find the path specified.)

Total time: 1 minute 18 seconds

[Martijn Verburg]

I'm not 100% sure where this .bat file is supposed to reside (I can't see it referenced directly in your build script). I assume its hte WAS home that it's not resolving, this _may_ have something to do with the fact that you have a space in your CLASSPATH e.g. "c:/Program Files/..."

[Jay Abrahm]

Thanks.. I started searching for that file and this is what I found

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK07628

C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\profiles\AppSrv01\bin>ws_ant -buildfile C:\Project\ProjectWeb\src\build.xml runs fine.

Still waiting for the run to complete

[Jay Abrahm]

The deployment didn't complete. I ran into a new issue

  
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\132522>cd C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\profiles\AppSrv01\bin

C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\profiles\AppSrv01\bin>ws_ant -buildfile C:\PROJECT\ProjectWeb\src\build.xml
Buildfile: C:\PROJECT\ProjectWeb\src\build.xml

compileWarClasses:
     [echo] was_cp=C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\EJBCommandTarget.jar;... deleted the rest(same as above)

generateWar:
      [jar] Building jar: C:\PROJECT\build\projectWAR.war

generateEar:
     [move] Moving 1 file to C:\PROJECT\build\earbin
      [jar] Building jar: C:\PROJECT\build\projectEAR.ear

deployEar:
         [] Installing Application [C:\PROJECT\build\projectEAR.ear]...
         [] jvm args > C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\java\jre\bin\java.exe
         [] jvm args > -Dlocal.cell=01hw081678Node01Cell
         [] jvm args > -Dlocal.node=01hw081678Node01
         [] jvm args > -Dcom.ibm.etools.EJBDeploy.debug=true
         [] jvm args > -Dcom.ibm.itp.location=C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\\deploytool\itp
         [] jvm args > -Dcom.ibm.CORBA.BootstrapHost=01hw081678
         [] jvm args > -Dcom.ibm.ws.management.standalone=true
         [] jvm args > -Dfile.encoding=Cp1252
         [] jvm args > -Dws.output.encoding=console
         [] jvm args > -Dosgi.install.area=C:/Program Files/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61/
         [] jvm args > -Dosgi.configuration.area=C:/Program Files/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61/profiles/AppSrv01/configuration
         [] jvm args > -Dcom.ibm.SSL.ConfigURL=file:C:/Program Files/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61/profiles/AppSrv01/properties/ssl.client.props
         [] jvm args > -Dcom.ibm.CORBA.ConfigURL=file:C:/Program Files/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61/profiles/AppSrv01/properties/sas.client.props
         [] jvm args > -Djava.security.auth.login.config=C:/Program Files/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61/profiles/AppSrv01/properties/wsjaas_client.conf
         [] jvm args > -Dcom.ibm.SOAP.ConfigURL=file:C:/Program Files/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61/profiles/AppSrv01/properties/soap.client.props
         [] jvm args > -Dwebsphere.lib.dir=C:/Program Files/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61/lib
         [] jvm args > -Djava.util.logging.manager=com.ibm.ws.bootstrap.WsLogManager
         [] jvm args > -Djava.util.logging.configureByServer=true
         [] jvm args > -Dws.ext.dirs=C:/Program Files/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61/java/lib;C:/Program Files/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61//classes;C:/Program Files/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61//lib;C:/Pr
ogram Files/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61//installedChannels;C:/Program Files/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61//lib/ext;C:/Program Files/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61//web/help;C:/Program Files/IBM/SDP70/runti
mes/base_v61//deploytool/itp/plugins/com.ibm.etools.ejbdeploy/runtime
         [] jvm args > -Dserver.root=C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\profiles\AppSrv01
         [] jvm args > -Dwas.install.root=C:/Program Files/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61
         [] jvm args > -Duser.install.root=C:/Program Files/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61/profiles/AppSrv01
         [] jvm args > -Dwas.node.name=01hw081678Node01
         [] jvm args > -Dwas.cell.name=01hw081678Node01Cell
         [] jvm args > -Dwas.repository.root=C:/Program Files/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61/profiles/AppSrv01/config
         [] jvm args > -Xmx256M
         [] jvm args > -classpath
         [] jvm args > C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\bootstrap.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\optionalLibraries\jython\jython.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtim
es\base_v61\profiles\AppSrv01\properties;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\properties;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\startup.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v
61\lib\j2ee.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\lmproxy.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\lib\urlprotocols.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\java\lib\too
ls.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\deploytool\itp\batchboot.jar;C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\deploytool\itp\batch2.jar
         [] jvm args > com.ibm.wsspi.bootstrap.WSPreLauncher
         [] jvm args > -nosplash
         [] jvm args > -application
         [] jvm args > com.ibm.ws.bootstrap.WSLauncher
         [] jvm args > com.ibm.ws.runtime.WsAdmin
         [] jvm args > -f
         [] jvm args > C:\DOCUME~1\user\LOCALS~1\Temp\wsant45684jacl
         [] jvm args > -lang
         [] jvm args > jacl
  [wsadmin] WASX7209I: Connected to process "server1" on node 01hw081678Node01 using SOAP connector;  The type of process is: UnManagedProcess
  [wsadmin] WASX7017E: Exception received while running file "C:\DOCUME~1\132522\LOCALS~1\Temp\wsant45684jacl"; exception information: org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.commonarchivecore.internal.exception.Deploym
entDescriptorLoadException: org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.commonarchivecore.internal.exception.DeploymentDescriptorLoadException: IWAE0022E Exception occurred loading deployment descriptor for module "ProjectWeb
.war" in EAR file "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Temp\app61767.ear"


BUILD FAILED
C:\PROJECT\ProjectWeb\src\build.xml:51: Java returned: 105

Total time: 2 minutes 24 seconds

C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\profiles\AppSrv01\bin>

[Martijn Verburg]

I'm quite suspicious of the the whole shortening of paths e.g. "C:\DOCUME~1\132522\LOCALS~1\Temp\wsant45684jacl" and the spaces in directory names, I've had a lot of problems with that in the past (with various app servers). That's about the only advice I can give on this I'm afraid.

[Jay Abrahm]

Ahaa !! Thanks you did lead me there... application.xml did not match build.xml in the ear names... Build is now successful.

[wsadmin] ADMA5013I: Application PROJECT installed successfully.
[] Installed Application [C:\PROJECT\build\Project.ear]

Now all I need to figure out is the right folder to place the ear in

    <property name="ear" value="C:/Project/build/Project.ear" />  

Any idea on where this needs to go. I deployed using RAD and searched for all the locations of the ear and this is what I got. Which one should I place the generated ear in.
C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\profiles\AppSrv01\installedApps\01hw081678Node01Cell
C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\profiles\AppSrv01\config\cells\01hw081678Node01Cell\applications
C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\profiles\AppSrv01\temp\01hw081678Node01\server1

[Martijn Verburg]

I would guess 1 or 2, the 3rd choice looks like the app server temp working space.

[Jay Abrahm]

I tried both the locations but it doesn't seem to work.

How do I verify if it is installed properly, currently I just check the application to see if it is running (which in my case throws a 404).

Would the installed application show up in the WAS admin console opened up from RAD ?

Any idea on how to proceed ?

[Tim Holloway]

Helpful hints:

1. Forward slashes work for both Windows and the various Unix OS's in Java and you won't get burned by having them misinterpreted as escape characters. Actually, they probably work for ALL OS's supporting hierarchical filesystems, but those are pretty much the only 2 left standaing now that the Mac is basically Unix. Even more - Windows itself will often honor forward slashes in filepaths as though they were backslashes. Obviously that doesn't include cases where the slash might be interpreted as a command-line switch, but in internal app code, you might be surprised. This has been the case since NT 4.0.

2. Pay attention to upper/lower case. While Windows itself is insensitive, Java code almost universally isn't - regardless of OS. And PLEASE, it's
WEB-INF", not "web-inf" or "Web-inf". That kind of sloppiness has caused me more problems, because it works on Windows, but if you deploy to Linux/Solaris, it doesn't. And when an IDE project gets transferred, Unix-style systems may end up with components splattered between 2 (or more!) different directories, depending on who/what put them there and under which OS.

3. Pathnames with embedded spaces in them are major pain, Since the command-line parsers use spaces as token breaks, a command like:

ERASE C:\PROGRAM FILES\MYPROGRAM\FILE.EXE

Actually looks to the erase function as though you'd typed:

ERASE C:\PROGRAM
ERASE FILES\MYPROGRAM\FILE.EXE

Which obviously isn't what you wanted. This problem can be especially bad in scripts where you didn't explicitly type the path, but it was inferred by the script. Use the short filename version, instead. And don't assume that "PROGRAM FILES" will always shorten to "PROGRA~1". The actual algorithm varies between different flavors of Windows, but it's not an absolute conversion, and it's not done dynamically. Instead, an alias shortname entry is created in the directory when the long-named file/directory is created. So if there had already been a C:\PROGRAM DATA directory, PROGRAM FILES might end up as "PROGRA~2", instead. This actually has happened to me, by the way.

[Martijn Verburg]

I'll shift this to a forum that might be able to provide better assistance

[Jay Abrahm]

Thanks Martijn for all your help.

Tim, I did face most of what you have mentioned and have gone past them. I am able to build the ear properly and use com.ibm.websphere.ant.tasks.InstallApplication without any errors.

Guess, my issue to is know "where to place the ear" and "how to test" if the ear is working right (other than trying the URL)

[Jay Abrahm]

I think I have been able to answer some of my questions

where to place the ear ? Any location. was install picks it up and moves it to the required destination folder
C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\profiles\AppSrv01\config\cells\01hw081678Node01Cell\applications

How do we test the ant deployed app? What got me confused is that I assumed that the server view will also be refreshed with the deployed projects but WAS does not do that. Ant tasks will only update the server view to show whether the server is started. In order to see when the application has been deployed and started, the admin console needs to be used.

I still get a 404 error for the application and these are the logs that I get (C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\profiles\AppSrv01\logs\ffdc\server1_4b5c4b5c_09.03.10_13.10.28_2.txt)

------Start of DE processing------ = [3/10/09 13:10:28:828 IST] , key = java.io.FileNotFoundException com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.extension.DefaultExtensionProcessor.handleRequest 573
Exception = java.io.FileNotFoundException
Source = com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.extension.DefaultExtensionProcessor.handleRequest
probeid = 573
Stack Dump = java.io.FileNotFoundException: /main/Welcome.action
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.extension.DefaultExtensionProcessor.handleRequest(DefaultExtensionProcessor.java:413)
	at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.extension.DefaultExtensionProcessor.handleRequest(DefaultExtensionProcessor.java:113)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.handleRequest(WebApp.java:3276)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebGroup.handleRequest(WebGroup.java:267)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:811)
	at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:1455)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.channel.WCChannelLink.ready(WCChannelLink.java:113)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleDiscrimination(HttpInboundLink.java:454)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleNewInformation(HttpInboundLink.java:383)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.ready(HttpInboundLink.java:263)
	at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.sendToDiscriminators(NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.java:214)
	at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.complete(NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.java:113)
	at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.AioReadCompletionListener.futureCompleted(AioReadCompletionListener.java:165)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AbstractAsyncFuture.invokeCallback(AbstractAsyncFuture.java:217)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncChannelFuture.fireCompletionActions(AsyncChannelFuture.java:161)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncFuture.completed(AsyncFuture.java:136)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.complete(ResultHandler.java:195)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.runEventProcessingLoop(ResultHandler.java:743)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler$2.run(ResultHandler.java:873)
	at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1469)

Dump of callerThis = 
Object type = com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.extension.DefaultExtensionProcessor
com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.extension.DefaultExtensionProcessor@66a866a8

Any inputs on how to troubleshoot would be helpful.

[Martijn Verburg]

How is your EAR file laid out? How is your context root for your web app defined? The error message is telling you it can't find /Main/welcome.action, so you need to check your paths, layout, context root carefully.

[Jay Abrahm]

If it was a problem with the way the context root was defined then won't the application not work if I start the application using RAD's administrative console. But it does work !!

I have listed the application structure which has 3 projects within the workspace(which builds into the project EAR). Please let me know if I need to provide any additional information.

Business
|--src
|--application.properties
DAO
|--src
|--dao.properties
PROJECT
|--META-INF
|--application.xml
PROJECTWeb
|--src
|--build.xml
|--struts.xml

I might be going off track here - Before I had got a different 404 error. I had got a lot of compilation errors for which I had added two more src folders to the javac as below.

    
<target name="compileWarClasses">  
 <echo message="was_cp=${was_cp}" />  
 <javac srcdir=".: ../../Business/src: ../../DAO/src" destdir="../WebContent/WEB-INF/classes" classpath="${was_cp}">  
 </javac>  
</target>

Is this definition wrong or am I missing something.

[Martijn Verburg]

Where is the welcome.action file?

[Jay Abrahm]

That would be in

ProjectWeb
|--src
|--com.project.WelcomeAction.java

[Martijn Verburg]

Hmm, this seems like a servlet mapping or struts mapping problem now, check your web.xml and struts.xml to make sure that your URL maps correctly to the action.

Disclaimer, long time ago since I looked at struts and servlets, hopefully someone else chimes in as well.

[Jay Abrahm]

I should have heeded the "ear laid out" advice earlier. My ear structure is different. When I use RAD to generate the ear it contains
Business.jar
Dao.jar
META-INF
ProjectWeb.war

But the ear that I have created using ant does not have these two jars.
META-INF
ProjectWeb.war

I used this ear created from RAD to run WAS tasks installApplication,stopServer,startServer,startApplication and the application works fine!!! Thanks again for the words of wisdom :-)

So working on fixing up my EAR creation task in ant. Is there any particular ant task that I need to be using for this ?

[Martijn Verburg]

Congrats! Yes there is help within Ant, see here

[Jay Abrahm]

Its not over yet ;-)

    <target name="compileBusinessClasses">  
		<!--<echo message="was_cp=${was_cp}" />-->
        <javac srcdir="../../Business/src" destdir="../../build/BusinessScratch/classes">
        	<classpath>
        		<pathelement path="${was_cp}"/>
        		<pathelement path="../../DAO/src"/>
        	</classpath>
        </javac>  
    </target> 

This does not seem to pick up the src file inside the DAO project which is required to compile the Business project. I get a
package com.project.dao does not exist exception

[Martijn Verburg]

Items on the classpath need to be compiled classes and/or jars, not source code

[Jay Abrahm]

Thanks again.. the code below works now

	
	<target name="compileDAOClasses">
		<!--<echo message="was_cp=${was_cp}" />-->
		<javac srcdir="../../DAO/src" destdir="../../build/DAOScratch">
			<classpath>
				<pathelement path="${was_cp}" />
				<path refid="Web App Libraries [ProjectWeb].libraryclasspath" />
			</classpath>
		</javac>
		<copy includeemptydirs="false" todir="../../build/DAOScratch">
			<fileset dir="../../DAO/src" excludes="**/*.launch, **/*.java" />
		</copy>
	</target>
        <target name="compileBusinessClasses" depends="compileDAOClasses">
		<javac srcdir="../../Business/src" destdir="../../build/BusinessScratch" classpath="${was_cp}">
			<classpath>
				<pathelement path="${was_cp}" />
				<pathelement location="../../build/DAOScratch" />
				<path refid="Web App Libraries [ProjectWeb].libraryclasspath" />
			</classpath>
		</javac>
		<copy includeemptydirs="false" todir="../../build/BusinessScratch">
			<fileset dir="../../Business/src" excludes="**/*.launch, **/*.java" />
		</copy>
	</target>

The application works fine if I use Ant to install the application using the ear that I generated from RAD.
But I get a 404 for the ear that I have generated from Ant. As you had posted earlier I had gone through the ear's as best as I could but didn't find anything amiss. Any idea what I need to be looking for ? I get the feeling that the error message isn't reflecting what the underlying problem is

[3/12/09 14:30:29:784 IST] 0000002e SystemOut     O [ WARN] 30:29 (InterceptorBuilder.java:constructInterceptorReference:60)
Unable to load config class com.project.web.interceptor.LoginInterceptor at interceptor - file:/C:/Program%20Files/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61/profiles/AppSrv01/installedApps/01hw081678Node01Cell/PROJECT.ear/PROJECTWeb.war/WEB-INF/classes/com/project/web/action/designsheet.xml:11:89 probably due to a missing jar, which might be fine if you never plan to use the login interceptor

[3/12/09 14:30:29:847 IST] 0000002e SystemOut     O [ERROR] 30:29 (InterceptorBuilder.java:constructInterceptorReference:63)
Actual exception

Could not load class com.project.web.interceptor.LoginInterceptor. Perhaps it exists but certain dependencies are not available? - interceptor - file:/C:/Program%20Files/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61/profiles/AppSrv01/installedApps/01hw081678Node01Cell/PROJECT.ear/PROJECTWeb.war/WEB-INF/classes/com/project/web/action/designsheet.xml:11:89
	at org.apache.struts2.impl.StrutsObjectFactory.buildInterceptor(StrutsObjectFactory.java:82)
	at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.providers.InterceptorBuilder.constructInterceptorReference(InterceptorBuilder.java:57)
	at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.providers.XmlConfigurationProvider.lookupInterceptorReference(XmlConfigurationProvider.java:905)
	at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.providers.XmlConfigurationProvider.loadInterceptorStack(XmlConfigurationProvider.java:743)
	at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.providers.XmlConfigurationProvider.loadInterceptorStacks(XmlConfigurationProvider.java:756)
	at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.providers.XmlConfigurationProvider.loadInterceptors(XmlConfigurationProvider.java:777)
	at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.providers.XmlConfigurationProvider.addPackage(XmlConfigurationProvider.java:410)
	at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.providers.XmlConfigurationProvider.loadPackages(XmlConfigurationProvider.java:239)
	at org.apache.struts2.config.StrutsXmlConfigurationProvider.loadPackages(StrutsXmlConfigurationProvider.java:111)
	at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.impl.DefaultConfiguration.reload(DefaultConfiguration.java:152)
	at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.ConfigurationManager.getConfiguration(ConfigurationManager.java:52)
	at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.Dispatcher.init_PreloadConfiguration(Dispatcher.java:395)
	at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.Dispatcher.init(Dispatcher.java:452)
	at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.FilterDispatcher.init(FilterDispatcher.java:201)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.FilterInstanceWrapper.init(FilterInstanceWrapper.java:142)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager._loadFilter(WebAppFilterManager.java:465)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.loadFilter(WebAppFilterManager.java:379)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.getFilterInstanceWrapper(WebAppFilterManager.java:238)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.getFilterChain(WebAppFilterManager.java:296)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.doFilter(WebAppFilterManager.java:721)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.doFilter(WebAppFilterManager.java:673)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.invokeFilters(WebAppFilterManager.java:688)
	at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.invokeFilters(WebAppFilterManager.java:101)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.extension.DefaultExtensionProcessor.invokeFilters(DefaultExtensionProcessor.java:758)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.extension.DefaultExtensionProcessor.handleRequest(DefaultExtensionProcessor.java:718)
	at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.extension.DefaultExtensionProcessor.handleRequest(DefaultExtensionProcessor.java:113)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.handleRequest(WebApp.java:3276)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebGroup.handleRequest(WebGroup.java:267)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:811)
	at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:1455)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.channel.WCChannelLink.ready(WCChannelLink.java:113)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleDiscrimination(HttpInboundLink.java:454)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleNewInformation(HttpInboundLink.java:383)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.ready(HttpInboundLink.java:263)
	at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.sendToDiscriminators(NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.java:214)
	at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.complete(NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.java:113)
	at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.AioReadCompletionListener.futureCompleted(AioReadCompletionListener.java:165)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AbstractAsyncFuture.invokeCallback(AbstractAsyncFuture.java:217)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncChannelFuture.fireCompletionActions(AsyncChannelFuture.java:161)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncFuture.completed(AsyncFuture.java:136)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.complete(ResultHandler.java:195)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.runEventProcessingLoop(ResultHandler.java:743)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler$2.run(ResultHandler.java:873)
	at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1469)
Caused by: 
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.project.business.service.user.UserService
	at java.lang.J9VMInternals.verifyImpl(Native Method)
	at java.lang.J9VMInternals.verify(J9VMInternals.java:66)
	at java.lang.J9VMInternals.initialize(J9VMInternals.java:127)
	at java.lang.Class.newInstanceImpl(Native Method)
	at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:1300)
	at com.opensymphony.xwork2.ObjectFactory.buildBean(ObjectFactory.java:123)
	at com.opensymphony.xwork2.ObjectFactory.buildBean(ObjectFactory.java:154)
	at com.opensymphony.xwork2.ObjectFactory.buildBean(ObjectFactory.java:143)
	at org.apache.struts2.impl.StrutsObjectFactory.buildInterceptor(StrutsObjectFactory.java:53)
	... 43 more

[3/12/09 14:30:30:143 IST] 0000002e SystemOut     O [ INFO] 30:30 (ObjectTypeDeterminerFactory.java:<clinit>:28)
Setting DefaultObjectTypeDeterminer as default ...

[3/12/09 14:30:30:284 IST] 0000002e ServiceLogger I com.ibm.ws.ffdc.IncidentStreamImpl initialize FFDC0009I: FFDC opened incident stream file C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\profiles\AppSrv01\logs\ffdc\server1_20742074_09.03.12_14.30.30_0.txt
[3/12/09 14:30:30:331 IST] 0000002e ServiceLogger I com.ibm.ws.ffdc.IncidentStreamImpl resetIncidentStream FFDC0010I: FFDC closed incident stream file C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\profiles\AppSrv01\logs\ffdc\server1_20742074_09.03.12_14.30.30_0.txt
[3/12/09 14:30:30:409 IST] 0000002e ServiceLogger I com.ibm.ws.ffdc.IncidentStreamImpl open FFDC0009I: FFDC opened incident stream file C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\profiles\AppSrv01\logs\ffdc\server1_20742074_09.03.12_14.30.30_1.txt
[3/12/09 14:30:30:550 IST] 0000002e ServiceLogger I com.ibm.ws.ffdc.IncidentStreamImpl resetIncidentStream FFDC0010I: FFDC closed incident stream file C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\profiles\AppSrv01\logs\ffdc\server1_20742074_09.03.12_14.30.30_1.txt
[3/12/09 14:30:30:847 IST] 0000002e ServiceLogger I com.ibm.ws.ffdc.IncidentStreamImpl open FFDC0009I: FFDC opened incident stream file C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\profiles\AppSrv01\logs\ffdc\server1_20742074_09.03.12_14.30.30_2.txt
[3/12/09 14:30:30:956 IST] 0000002e ServiceLogger I com.ibm.ws.ffdc.IncidentStreamImpl resetIncidentStream FFDC0010I: FFDC closed incident stream file C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\profiles\AppSrv01\logs\ffdc\server1_20742074_09.03.12_14.30.30_2.txt

[Martijn Verburg]

OK, well it seems to not be loading the JAR with the UserService class.

1.) Double check that the JAR is in the EAR at hte appropriate location
2.) Generate the EAR from RAD and then from ANT
3.) 'Unzip' the EARs from both builds and use a diff utility to see what the difference between them is

I suspect that the RAD generation of the EAR probably does some extra magic (maybe adds some config) that you need to effectively replicate in the ANT build.

Hope that made sense!

[Jay Abrahm]

Makes sense but seems very painful ;-).

I have started doing a diff and also ripped open the ear. Will replace jar/folder at a time to see what makes it fail.

Not fun !!

[Martijn Verburg]

It's definitely brute force, but you EAR files must be differing somehow and if eyeballing it doesn't work then sometimes diff is the only answer

[Jay Abrahm]

Very very painful but I eventually got the wrong doer. EAR\ProjectWeb\META-INF\MANIFEST.MF had

 
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Ant-Version: Apache Ant 1.6.5
Created-By: 2.3 (IBM Corporation)

instead of

Manifest-Version: 1.0
Class-Path: Business.jar DAO.jar

So updated the code to

	<target name="generateWar" depends="compileWarClasses">
		<mkdir dir="../WebContent/WEB-INF/classes" />
		<copy includeemptydirs="false" todir="../WebContent/WEB-INF/classes">
			<fileset dir="." excludes="**/*.launch, **/*.java" />
		</copy>
		<jar destfile="../../build/ProjectWeb.war">
		    <manifest>
		      <attribute name="Class-Path" value="Business.jar DAO.jar"/>
		    </manifest>			
			<fileset dir="../WebContent">
			</fileset>
		</jar>
	</target>

Alright, I am all done. I am mighty pleased with myself or should I be since I took some time to get this up and running.

Thanks Martijn, I owe you a beer !!. Also, I wouldn't want all this effort wasted. Do you think this post makes more sense in the Ant forum. Maybe I could post my complete Ant script later on, once I get to clean it up or is there someplace else that I can put up my scripts.

Again, thanks for all the help.

[Martijn Verburg]

Glad to hear it's all worked out! I will move this to the ANT forum as most of your issues were related to that

Happy coding!

[Jay Abrahm]

Hopefully someone else would benefit from the Ant scripts below.
http://techreviewer-reviewland.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html

Also, comments/best practices, on how these scripts could be improved are always welcome.