How can we use a Johnzon version more recent than TomEE’s, delivered in our WARs, to run JAX-RS services ?”

Discussion:

Alex The Rocker

2017-11-29 11:32:14 UTC

Hello,

While upgrading one of our webapp from TomEE+ 1.7 to TomEE+ 7, we hit
a regression on JAX-RS.

After analysis, we found that we've been impacted by the same issue as
the one fixed in this JIRA:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JOHNZON-101

We would like anyway to move to TomEE+ 7.0.4, but without waiting for
a future TomEE+ 7.x that would include this Johnzon fix.

We tried to package a more recent version of Johnzon into our web app,
but it seems that it wasn't take into account by TomEE's JAX-RS
engine.

What is the right way to get TomEE+ use the more recent Johnzon JARs
when it's packaged in a WAR ?

Best regards,
Alex

Paul Carter-Brown

2017-11-29 12:08:34 UTC

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The 3 Johnzon jars sit in tomee/lib/ directory. You can delete the old ones
and copy in the new ones built from source. Works for me.

Post by Alex The Rocker
Hello,
While upgrading one of our webapp from TomEE+ 1.7 to TomEE+ 7, we hit
a regression on JAX-RS.
After analysis, we found that we've been impacted by the same issue as
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JOHNZON-101
We would like anyway to move to TomEE+ 7.0.4, but without waiting for
a future TomEE+ 7.x that would include this Johnzon fix.
We tried to package a more recent version of Johnzon into our web app,
but it seems that it wasn't take into account by TomEE's JAX-RS
engine.
What is the right way to get TomEE+ use the more recent Johnzon JARs
when it's packaged in a WAR ?
Best regards,
Alex

Romain Manni-Bucau

2017-11-29 12:27:49 UTC

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This trick can be used for johnzon
https://rmannibucau.wordpress.com/2013/07/19/little-tip-to-help-you-to-test-javaee-7-in-tomee-with-tomee-maven-plugin/

side note: don't forget to upgrade jsonp and jsonb api jar as well.

Romain Manni-Bucau
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2017-11-29 13:08 GMT+01:00 Paul Carter-Brown

Post by Paul Carter-Brown
The 3 Johnzon jars sit in tomee/lib/ directory. You can delete the old ones
and copy in the new ones built from source. Works for me.

Alex The Rocker

2017-11-29 23:17:44 UTC

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Hello Romain,

I have read the page you linked, but I'm afraid it's unrelated to my
need : I do not want to change TomEE+ 7.0.4's javaee-api jar, but only
to find a way to instruct TomEE+ 7.0.4 to use Apache Johnzon 1.1.4 jar
files which I'm going to include into my application's WAR file.

My fear is that TomEE+ 7.0.4 will attempt to use its own old version
of Apache Johnzon 1.0.0 instead of the newer one of my web app when
executing my JAX-RS web services.

Is this the case or not?

Other (somehow related) question : will TomEE+ 7.0.5 include a newer
Apache Johnzon version fixing this JIRA
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JOHNZON-101 ?

Best regards,
Alexandre

Post by Romain Manni-Bucau
This trick can be used for johnzon
https://rmannibucau.wordpress.com/2013/07/19/little-tip-to-help-you-to-test-javaee-7-in-tomee-with-tomee-maven-plugin/
side note: don't forget to upgrade jsonp and jsonb api jar as well.
Romain Manni-Bucau
@rmannibucau | Blog | Old Blog | Github | LinkedIn
2017-11-29 13:08 GMT+01:00 Paul Carter-Brown

Post by Paul Carter-Brown
The 3 Johnzon jars sit in tomee/lib/ directory. You can delete the old ones
and copy in the new ones built from source. Works for me.

Romain Manni-Bucau

2017-11-30 05:54:35 UTC

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Le 30 nov. 2017 00:17, "Alex The Rocker" <***@gmail.com> a Ã©crit :

Hello Romain,

I have read the page you linked, but I'm afraid it's unrelated to my
need : I do not want to change TomEE+ 7.0.4's javaee-api jar, but only
to find a way to instruct TomEE+ 7.0.4 to use Apache Johnzon 1.1.4 jar
files which I'm going to include into my application's WAR file.

My fear is that TomEE+ 7.0.4 will attempt to use its own old version
of Apache Johnzon 1.0.0 instead of the newer one of my web app when
executing my JAX-RS web services.

Is this the case or not?

Yes

Other (somehow related) question : will TomEE+ 7.0.5 include a newer
Apache Johnzon version fixing this JIRA
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JOHNZON-101 ?

No known blocker to do a 1.0.x AFAIK.

Best regards,
Alexandre

Post by Romain Manni-Bucau
This trick can be used for johnzon
https://rmannibucau.wordpress.com/2013/07/19/little-tip-to-

help-you-to-test-javaee-7-in-tomee-with-tomee-maven-plugin/

Post by Romain Manni-Bucau
side note: don't forget to upgrade jsonp and jsonb api jar as well.
Romain Manni-Bucau
@rmannibucau | Blog | Old Blog | Github | LinkedIn
2017-11-29 13:08 GMT+01:00 Paul Carter-Brown

Post by Paul Carter-Brown
The 3 Johnzon jars sit in tomee/lib/ directory. You can delete the old ones
and copy in the new ones built from source. Works for me.

Alex The Rocker

2017-11-29 23:12:27 UTC

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Hello Paul,

I am in a situation where I am not redistributing TomEE+, but only a
WAR file, into which I plan to include latest version of Apache
Johnzon jar files.

So my question is really : will TomEE+ use by default the Apache
Johnzon .jar file found in my WAR instead of the ones it has in its
tomee/lib directory, or do I need to instruct the people who will
install my WAR file to modify some Tomee+ configuration files in order
to instruct TomEE to load my WAR's jars instead of its jars?

Best regards,
Alexandre

2017-11-29 13:08 GMT+01:00 Paul Carter-Brown

Post by Paul Carter-Brown
The 3 Johnzon jars sit in tomee/lib/ directory. You can delete the old ones
and copy in the new ones built from source. Works for me.

Paul Carter-Brown

2017-11-30 06:48:04 UTC

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Hi Alex

I don't think it will be possible to get the system classloader to use
johnzon in a war.

Not ideal for you but here are some options:

Include a .bat and .sh to the installer which they must run to install your
war. This script can extract your johnzon jars into tomee/lib and then
install the war.

Alternatively distribute your app as a docker image with everything
perfectly set up and ready to run. I guess this option depends on whether
your war is one of many to be deployed to tomee.

Paul

Paul

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Post by Alex The Rocker
Hello Paul,
I am in a situation where I am not redistributing TomEE+, but only a
WAR file, into which I plan to include latest version of Apache
Johnzon jar files.
So my question is really : will TomEE+ use by default the Apache
Johnzon .jar file found in my WAR instead of the ones it has in its
tomee/lib directory, or do I need to instruct the people who will
install my WAR file to modify some Tomee+ configuration files in order
to instruct TomEE to load my WAR's jars instead of its jars?
Best regards,
Alexandre
2017-11-29 13:08 GMT+01:00 Paul Carter-Brown

Post by Paul Carter-Brown
The 3 Johnzon jars sit in tomee/lib/ directory. You can delete the old

ones

Post by Paul Carter-Brown
and copy in the new ones built from source. Works for me.

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Romain Manni-Bucau

2017-11-30 06:50:25 UTC

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openejb.classloader.forced-load=org.apache.johnzon can be a good try
but the API can't be changed for sure

Romain Manni-Bucau
@rmannibucau | Blog | Old Blog | Github | LinkedIn

Post by Paul Carter-Brown
Hi Alex
I don't think it will be possible to get the system classloader to use
johnzon in a war.
Include a .bat and .sh to the installer which they must run to install your
war. This script can extract your johnzon jars into tomee/lib and then
install the war.
Alternatively distribute your app as a docker image with everything
perfectly set up and ready to run. I guess this option depends on whether
your war is one of many to be deployed to tomee.
Paul
Paul
Sent from my phone. Message may be brief and contain typos.

Post by Paul Carter-Brown
The 3 Johnzon jars sit in tomee/lib/ directory. You can delete the old

ones

Post by Paul Carter-Brown
and copy in the new ones built from source. Works for me.

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Alex The Rocker

2017-12-01 12:17:14 UTC

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Hi Romain,

Thanks, I will give it a try.

Back to TomEE+ 7.0.5 : should I fill a JIRA to ask upgrade of Johnzon
dependency from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1 (or to any version that fixes
JOHNZON-101) ?

Best regards,

Post by Romain Manni-Bucau
openejb.classloader.forced-load=org.apache.johnzon can be a good try
but the API can't be changed for sure
Romain Manni-Bucau
@rmannibucau | Blog | Old Blog | Github | LinkedIn

Post by Paul Carter-Brown
The 3 Johnzon jars sit in tomee/lib/ directory. You can delete the old

ones

Post by Paul Carter-Brown
and copy in the new ones built from source. Works for me.

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Romain Manni-Bucau

2017-12-01 12:52:03 UTC

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Hi,

Post by Alex The Rocker
Hi Romain,
Thanks, I will give it a try.
Back to TomEE+ 7.0.5 : should I fill a JIRA to ask upgrade of Johnzon
dependency from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1 (or to any version that fixes
JOHNZON-101) ?

you can be johnzon should release a 1.0.1 before tomee tackles it - so
probably a ticket on johnzon too.

Post by Alex The Rocker
Best regards,

Post by Paul Carter-Brown
The 3 Johnzon jars sit in tomee/lib/ directory. You can delete the old

ones

Post by Paul Carter-Brown
and copy in the new ones built from source. Works for me.

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Alex The Rocker

2017-12-01 20:48:21 UTC

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Hello Romain,

Thanks for your answer, I created:

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TOMEE-2153

for asking the dependency upgrade of Johnzon in TomEE, and:

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JOHNZON-149

for asking the release of Johnzon 1.0.1

I hope this is the right way.

Best regards,
Alexandre

Post by Romain Manni-Bucau
Hi,

you can be johnzon should release a 1.0.1 before tomee tackles it - so
probably a ticket on johnzon too.

Post by Alex The Rocker
Best regards,

Post by Paul Carter-Brown
The 3 Johnzon jars sit in tomee/lib/ directory. You can delete the old

ones

Post by Paul Carter-Brown
and copy in the new ones built from source. Works for me.

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Romain Manni-Bucau

2017-12-01 21:59:32 UTC

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Yes

Is johnzon snapshot working for you or do you need some backports?

Post by Alex The Rocker
Hello Romain,
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TOMEE-2153
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JOHNZON-149
for asking the release of Johnzon 1.0.1
I hope this is the right way.
Best regards,
Alexandre

Post by Romain Manni-Bucau
Hi,

you can be johnzon should release a 1.0.1 before tomee tackles it - so
probably a ticket on johnzon too.

Post by Alex The Rocker
Best regards,

Post by Paul Carter-Brown
Hi Alex
I don't think it will be possible to get the system classloader to use
johnzon in a war.
Include a .bat and .sh to the installer which they must run to

install your