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Overview
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The Geronimo deployment plan for an enterprise application, which is usually packaged as a EAR file, is called "geronimo-application.xml".
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Packaging
The geronimo-application.xml deployment plan can be packaged as follows:
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The geronimo-application.xml deployment plan is defined by the geronimo-application-2.0.xsd schema located in the <geronimo_home>/schema/ subdirectory of the main Geronimo installation directory. The geronimo-application-2.0.xsd schema is briefly described here:
http://geronimo.apache.org/schemas-2.1/docs/geronimo-application-2.0.xsd.html
Schema top-level elements
The root XML element in the geronimo-application-2.0.xsd schema is the <application> element. The top-level XML elements of the <application> root element are described in the sections below. The deployment plan should always use the Web application namespace, and it typically requires elements from Geronimo System and Geronimo Security namespaces. Additionally, it has an attribute to identify its name. A typical deployment for geronimo-application.xml can be presented as follows:
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<sys:environment>
The <sys:environment> XML element uses the Geronimo System namespace, which is used to specify the common elements for common libraries and module-scoped services, and is described here:
The <sys:environment> element contains the following elements:
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An example geronimo-application.xml file is shown below using the <sys:environment> elements:
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<module>
The <module> uses the Geronimo default namespace for a geronimo-application.xml file that is described here:
This element is used to define a single Java EE module and contains one of the following elements to identify the module:
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The <module> element also contains an optional <alt-dd> element that specifies an optional URI to the post-assembly version of the deployment descriptor file for a particular Java EE module. If <alt-dd> is not specified, the deployer must read the deployment descriptor from the default location and file name required by the respective component specification.
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Then the Geronimo deployment plan could include separate deployment plans for both modules like this:
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In this case, the EJB deployment plan is stored inside the EAR (in a directory called dds/ that also holds a replacement for ejb-jar.xml for that module). The Web application deployment plan is right there inside the EAR deployment plan, in its entirety.
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The <ext-module> uses the Geronimo default namespace for a geronimo-application.xml file that is described here:
This element can be used to define a single external Jave EE module that is being deployed or redeployed and contains one of the following elements to identify the module:
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The <ext-module> element also contains either an <internal-path> or an <external-path>. <internal-path> indicates that the module is packaged in the EAR and the path specified is relative to the enterprise application package main directory. <external-path> indicates that the module is not part of the enterprise application and must be located by matching the supplied pattern in a Geronimo repository.
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<sec:security>
The <sec:security> uses the Geronimo applicaiton namespace described here:
It is used to map roles specified in the EAR file to roles or principals in the security realm that will be used when deploying the module. If this optional element is present, all web and EJB modules must make the appropriate access checks as outlined in the JACC spec. This element groups the security role mapping settings for the application. <app:security> contains the following elements:
- The <doas-current-caller> optional element may be set to true or false (default). If set to true, any work done by the application will be performed as the calling Subject, instead of "as the application server". This can be used to hook into the Java JVM security sandbox (for example, to only allow trusted users to access the server filesystem). It is not ususally necessary, as the application-level security features are typically sufficient. When it is enabled, you may want to adjust the security policy used for the server to control certain permissions by subject.
- The <use-context-handler> optional element may be set to true or false (default). If set to true, the installed JACC policy contexts will use PolicyContextHandlers.
- The <default-role> element is used by the the Deployer to assign method permissions for all of the unspecified methods, either by assigning them to security roles, or by marking them as unchecked. If the value of default-role is empty, then the unspecified methods are marked unchecked.
- The <description> element holds the description.
- The <credential-store-ref> element holds the pattern for matching a module.
- The <default-subject> element provides a description, realm, and id.
- The <role-mappings> element holds the information mapping roles declared in the application.xml deployment descriptor to specific principals present in the security realms available to Geronimo.
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<sys:service>
The <sys:service> element uses the Geronimo deployment namespace described here:
It is used to define GBean(s) that are configured and deployed with the application. These additional Geronimo services will be deployed when the application is deployed (and stopped when the application is stopped). Normally, the implementation classes for these services are included at the server level and referenced using a dependency element.