PQ62515: AAT GUI FIELD HELP ON CLASSPATH AND ADDITIONAL CLASSPATH ARE INCORRECT ON WAS 4.02

APAR status
Closed as documentation error.

Error description
There is conflicting information in the 4.03 release notes and t
he AAT gui field help.  The release notes are correct.  The "add
itional classpath"  in the AAT field help should state that a ab
solute path is ok.  The "classpath" should only use relative pat
hs.
Local fix Problem summary
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* USERS AFFECTED: WebSphere Application Server users of the    *
*                 Application Assembly Tool (AAT).             *
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* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The AAT GUI field help has incorrect    *
*                      information regarding classpath.        *
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* RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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The following information was added to the release notes due
to a problem found with the AAT tool.  The field help for the
AAT is also obtained from this information, and since the
InfoCenter is not dynamically updated, the way this information
is provided is via a release note.  The defect number is
115734 and states:
Correction to "Assembly properties for Web modules" (115734)

The Version 4.0 InfoCenter article "6.6.8.0.aa: Assembly
properties for Web modules" contains inaccuracies.
The descriptions for classpath and additional classpath should
be as follows:

Classpath
     Specifies the full class path for the Web application.
     Specify the values relative to the root of the EAR
     file and separate the values with spaces. You should not
     use absolute values that reference files or directories
     on the hard drive. To specify classes that are not in
     JAR files but are in the root of the EAR file, use a
     period and forward slash (./). Consider the following
     example directory structure in which the file myapp.ear
     contains a Web module named mywebapp.war. Classes
     reside in class1.jar and class2.zip.

     myapp.ear/mywebapp.war
     myapp.ear/class1.jar
     myapp.ear/class2.zip

     Specify class1.jar class2.zip as the value of the Classpath
     property. Note that loading of .class files from
     the EAR file is not supported, as it is not J2EE portable.

Additional classpath
     Specifies an additional class path used to reference
     resources outside of those specified in the archive.
     Specify the values relative to the root of the EAR file
     and separate the values with semicolons.  You typically
     use this attribute as a mechanism for extending the
     classpath of a WAR file without actually modifying the
     MANIFEST file of the WAR file. In general, it is better
     to use the Class-Path: attribute of the MANIFEST file for
     assembly tasks. You should not use absolute values that
     reference files or directories on the hard drive. Consider
     the following example directory structure in which the file
     myapp.ear contains a Web module named mywebapp.war.
     Additional classes reside in class1.jar and class2.zip.

     myapp.ear/mywebapp.war
     myapp.ear/class1.jar
     myapp.ear/class2.zip

     Specify class1.jar;class2.zip as the value of the
     additional classpath property. Note that loading of
     .class files from the EAR file is not supported, as it is
     not J2EE portable.
Problem conclusion
Closing this as a documentation change for the AAT help
fields.
Temporary fix Comments
APAR information
APAR number PQ62515
Reported component name WEBSPHERE AE AI
Reported component ID 5630A2200
Reported release 400
Status CLOSED DOC
PE NoPE
HIPER NoHIPER
Submitted date 2002-06-21
Closed date 2002-06-27
Last modified date 2002-06-27

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Fix information

Applicable component levels


Document Information


Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application Server > General
Operating system(s):
Software version: 400
Software edition:
Reference #: PQ62515
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Jun 27, 2002