B4J Question Creating WAR files as well as JAR files?

[Grumpy314]

Hi Erel,
Great product and I am really looking forward to making use of it.
Would it be too much to ask if you could generate WAR files as well
as JAR files?
We would then be able to build Apps for use in TomCat etc. I would
be happy to make a donation to get it started if it could be done.

 

[Erel]

TomCat doesn't perform better than the embedded Jetty server so I'm not sure what will be the benefits of creating a WAR file.

 

[Grumpy314]

TomCat doesn't perform better than the embedded Jetty server so I'm not sure what will be the benefits of creating a WAR file.

Simply that I already have Tomcat servers and no Jetty.

 

[Erel]

You don't need to run a Jetty server. The jar file created is all you need.

 

[Grumpy314]

You don't need to run a Jetty server. The jar file created is all you need.

I am missing something here!
How do I serve the file to multiple clients from my servers then?

 

[Erel]

The jar file is a complete web server. You run it with java -jar <your jar file> and you have a web server running.

 

[Erel]

The web server performance is quite excellent: http://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/server-performance-measures.37502/#content

 

[Grumpy314]

The web server performance is quite excellent: http://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/server-performance-measures.37502/#content

Thank you I am reading the links now.

 

[Grumpy314]

Thank you I am reading the links now.

Thanks, have been messing around with the HelloWorld Server demo.
Same .jar file on both systems using the same instance of the FireFox web broswer.
Under windows I get these error messages but the app works...

Windows 7 Preofessional.

2014-04-20 15:54:48.164:INFO::main: Logging initialized @102ms
2014-04-20 15:54:48.235:INFOejs.Server:main: jetty-9.1.z-SNAPSHOT
2014-04-20 15:54:48.249:WARNejh.MimeTypes:main: java.util.MissingResourceException: Can't find bundle for base name org/eclipse/jetty/http/mime, locale en_AU
2014-04-20 15:54:48.249:WARNejh.MimeTypes:main: java.util.MissingResourceException: Can't find bundle for base name org/eclipse/jetty/http/encoding, locale en_AU
2014-04-20 15:54:48.264:INFOejsh.ContextHandler:main: Started o.e.j.s.ServletContextHandler@4ac68d3e{/,file:/D:/Program%20Files/Anywhere%20Software/B4J/Projects/ServerHelloWorld/Objects/www/,AVAILABLE}
2014-04-20 15:54:48.267:INFOejs.AbstractNCSARequestLog:main: Opened D:\Program Files\Anywhere Software\B4J\Projects\ServerHelloWorld\Objects\logs\b4j-2014_04_20.request.log
2014-04-20 15:54:48.383:INFOejs.ServerConnector:main: Started ServerConnector@424c0bc4{HTTP/1.1}{0.0.0.0:8888}
2014-04-20 15:54:48.383:INFOejs.Server:main: Started @340ms
Server started
<ul><li>firstname: Tony</li><li>email: tony@ycs.com.au</li><li>sex: Male</li><li>lastname: White</li></ul>

Web Browser returns...

This is a static file, loaded from the www folder.

Examples:

• Static page
• Hello world
• Form Example
• Form + Ajax Example
• File Upload

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Under Linux I get these errors and the App will not run in a web browser.
Under Linux CentOS 6.5 (updated)

[root@apps tony]# java -jar HelloWorld.jar
2014-04-21 03:53:43.732:INFO::main: Logging initialized @72ms
2014-04-21 03:53:43.869:INFOejs.Server:main: jetty-9.1.z-SNAPSHOT
2014-04-21 03:53:43.895:WARNejh.MimeTypes:main: java.util.MissingResourceException: Can't find bundle for base name
org/eclipse/jetty/http/mime, locale en_US
2014-04-21 03:53:43.896:WARNejh.MimeTypes:main: java.util.MissingResourceException: Can't find bundle for base name
org/eclipse/jetty/http/encoding, locale en_US
2014-04-21 03:53:43.923:INFOejsh.ContextHandler:main: Started
o.e.j.s.ServletContextHandler@11bccede{/,file:/home/tony/www,AVAILABLE}
2014-04-21 03:53:43.927:INFOejs.AbstractNCSARequestLog:main: Opened /home/tony/logs/b4j-2014_04_20.request.log
2014-04-21 03:53:43.946:INFOejs.ServerConnector:main: Started ServerConnector@2cc2c69f{HTTP/1.1}{0.0.0.0:8888}
2014-04-21 03:53:43.947:INFOejs.Server:main: Started @324ms
Server started

This is the result in the web browser

HTTP ERROR: 404
Problem accessing /. Reason:

Not Found
Powered by Jetty://

 

[Erel]

These are not errors.
These messages are printed when the server is started.

Make sure that you start it on your linux computer from the correct folder.

 

[Grumpy314]

So they do not warrant investigation, yet they are highlighted in RED text!
Anyway, what do you mean "the correct folder"?

 

[Grumpy314]

So they do not warrant investigation, yet they are highlighted in RED text!
Anyway, what do you mean "the correct folder"?

Hmm, seems I did not upload the www folder and its contents.

 

[Grumpy314]

Erel,
I would still prefer to have WAR files produced rather than embedding a Jetty server in every app we build.
As I already have TomCat servers why on earth would I want Jetty?
Can WAR be produced so we can use our current servers which a Linux based not Windows?

thanks in advance.

 

[Erel]

The compiled Jar can run on any OS including Linux.

WAR files cannot be produced.