Incremental deployment of EJB JAR file fails in ASC

If you try to redeploy an EJB JAR file in ASC you will get a runtime error as follows.

[Dec 24, 2007 7:41:48 AM] Application Deployer for hotdeployEAR STARTS.
[Dec 24, 2007 7:41:48 AM] Stopping application : hotdeployEAR
[Dec 24, 2007 7:41:48 AM] Stopped application : hotdeployEAR
[Dec 24, 2007 7:41:48 AM] Undeploy previous deployment
[Dec 24, 2007 7:41:48 AM] Initialize /u01/oracle/product/10.1.3.2/OracleAS_pink/j2ee/pas_oc4j/applications/hotdeployEAR.ear begins...
[Dec 24, 2007 7:41:48 AM] Initialize /u01/oracle/product/10.1.3.2/OracleAS_pink/j2ee/pas_oc4j/applications/hotdeployEAR.ear ends...
[Dec 24, 2007 7:41:48 AM] Starting application : hotdeployEAR
[Dec 24, 2007 7:41:48 AM] Initializing ClassLoader(s)
[Dec 24, 2007 7:41:48 AM] Initializing EJB container
[Dec 24, 2007 7:41:48 AM] Loading connector(s)
[Dec 24, 2007 7:41:49 AM] Starting up resource adapters
[Dec 24, 2007 7:41:49 AM] Processing EJB module: anothermodule.jar
[Dec 24, 2007 7:41:49 AM] application : hotdeployEAR is in failed state
[Dec 24, 2007 7:41:49 AM] Operation failed with error: Missing class: project1.SessionEJBBean Dependent class: com.evermind.server.ejb.deployment.BeanDescriptor Loader: oc4j:10.1.3 Code-Source: /u01/oracle/product/10.1.3.2/OracleAS_pink/j2ee/home/lib/oc4j-internal.jar Configuration: in META-INF/boot.xml in /u01/oracle/product/10.1.3.2/OracleAS_pink/j2ee/home/oc4j.jar This load was initiated at hotdeployEAR.root:0.0.0 using the Class.forName() method. The missing class is not available from any code-source or loader in the system.

The way to achieve this is to use admin_client.jar and then it will work fine. Incremental EJB deployment (updateEjbModule) is not supported in ASC.

Eg: (This will work fine)

D:\jdev\oas-admin-distribution\10132\j2ee\home>java -jar admin_client.jar deployer:oc4j:opmn://papicell-au2.au.oracle.com:6007/pas_oc4j oc4jadmin welcome1 -updateEJBModule -appName hotdeployEAR -ejbModuleName anothermodule.jar -file D:\jdev\jdevprod\10133\jdev\mywork\SR18362234.600\Project1\deploy\anothermodule.jar
07/12/24 07:39:20 Notification ==>Uploading file anothermodule.jar ...

07/12/24 07:39:21 Notification ==>Installation of File anothermodule.jar completed successfully.

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