JBoss AS 7 modules: can do a module with all libraries in a directory? - jboss

Question

I want to define a module with a resource-root like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<module xmlns="urn:jboss:module:1.0" name="com.mymodule">
<resources>
<resource-root path="libs"/>
</resources>
<dependencies />
</module>
The directory contains all the libraries I need.
I've tried it and it not work, but if I put it this way it work:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<module xmlns="urn:jboss:module:1.0" name="com.mymodule">
<resources>
<resource-root path="libs/lib1.jar"/>
<resource-root path="libs/lib2.jar"/>
<resource-root path="libs/lib3.jar"/>
<resource-root path="libs/lib4.jar"/>
........
</resources>
<dependencies />
</module>
Is there a way to do it the first?

Answer 1

Try and use libs.* in your first implementation
UPDATE:
This feature is not currently available, though its under R&D
If you need to include multiple jars in a module, you will need to instantiate each indivisually

Answer 2

I know this one is old, but I just had the same problem on EAP-7 and solved it as follows:
You may want to create the module using the JBoss CLI. My problem was to supply multiple resources as it was yours. I am using the attribute resource-delimiter and provide my list of resources as follows:
module add --name=my.module --resource-delimiter=, --resources=libA.jar,libB.jar,libC.jar --dependencies=my.dep.a,my.dep.b
This generates the following module.xml in the respective JBoss folder:
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<module xmlns="urn:jboss:module:1.1" name="my.module">
<resources>
<resource-root path="libA.jar"/>
<resource-root path="libB.jar"/>
<resource-root path="libC.jar"/>
</resources>
<dependencies>
<module name="my.dep.a"/>
<module name="my.dep.b"/>
</dependencies>
</module>
Hope it helps.