Hello,

Does anyone out there have experience creating standalone applications with Hibernate?

The JVM's classloader doesn't seem to recognize classes within hibernate2.jar, so I keep getting this error in the DAO class: "package net.sf.hibernate does not exist." My complete structure is like this:


Application.jar
+--DynamicLoader.class 'loads main class in UserInterface.jar
+--UserInterface.jar 'main class and helper classes for user interface
+--DAO.jar 'dao classes start hibernate sessions
+--hibernate2.jar 'from hibernate distribution
+--Hibernate.sar 'hibernate implementation classes
+--hibernate2.jar 'from hibernate distribution


I know that the JVM classloader can't find jars inside of jars, but how can I avoid this here? Should I scrap the inner archives and package everything in a single Application.jar? What about Hibernate.sar, should I scrap that too? Is there a standard way to package a standalond application such as this?

I'd really appreciate any suggestions. Thank in advance.

Itchy

What?!

Sorry, upon posting, the message board totally distorted my representation of the hierarchy. Please note that the hibernate2.jar files are located within both DAO.jar and Hibernate.sar.

I've no idea what you are trying to do. What is the relationship of a JBoss Service Archive with a standalone Java application?

No Christian, I have not read your book, but I am interested in purchasing it. Can I print-out the entire ebook to read it, or are there restrictions?

I see what you mean now -- the .sar won't be recognized by anything outside of JBoss. I will try it differently. Thanks!

You mean the ebook? It's a normal PDF.