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MC4J 1.2b9 was unable to detect my WebLogic 6.1 installation when going
through the "2. Select Server Installation" step of the add-connection
wizard. I found many questions in the mailing lists about how server
detection works, but no answers, and the FAQ and release notes on the
mc4j.org web site referred to changes in how server detection works but
did not contain any details. After inspecting the MC4J source, I found
out the detection procedure and was easily able to setup what MC4J
needed to detect WebLogic 6.1.
Detection is based solely on finding a directory containing the
sub-directory path "server/lib/weblogic.jar" and inspecting that jar
file's manifest. Unfortunately, this is not the path used by the BEA
WebLogic installer, at least for version 6.1, where the BEA installer
puts the server's jar file under "bea/wlserver6.1/lib/weblogic.jar".
I setup a dir tree underneath my MC4J install (/usr/local/MC4J-1.2b9)
called "server-jars/server/lib" and put a symbolic link to my
weblogic.jar there.
Then the folder containing "server" (in my case
"/usr/local/MC4J-1.2b9/server-jars") shows up in bold in the "Choose
installation directory" file finder window as "server-jars (weblogic:
6.1.3.0)", and selecting it enables the "Select Server" button.
Note that you can find this detection procedure in the following classes
(at least as of 1.2b9):
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/mc4j/mc4j/src/org/mc4j/console/connection/install/finder/ServerInstallSelectorPanel.java?rev=1.5&view=markup
and
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/mc4j/mc4j/src/org/mc4j/console/connection/install/finder/FileSystemModel.java?rev=1.3&view=markup
and
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/mc4j/mc4j/src/org/mc4j/console/connection/install/WeblogicConnectionTypeDescriptor.java?rev=1.6&view=markup
The key method stating what path to look for is
WeblogicConnectionTypeDescriptor.getRecongnitionPath.
Jim
