WebLogic package-name element classpath generator script

I wrote a post a few days ago about using Jersey 2.x as a shared library with WebLogic 12.1.2. In that post I suggested the following: In weblogic.xml the prefer-application-packages element needs to have entries added for ALL OF THE PACKAGES in the Jersey 2.x shared library JAR files. That means you need to go through every jar file in WEB-INF/lib for the shared library that was created with Maven and make sure the packages it defines are included in this element.

Now that is a tedious process and I thought that is something that could be automated. I spent a bit of time on the weekend putting together a script just for that. The script will go through all JAR files in a directory specified on the command line and will generate a list of unique <package-name> elements that can be used in weblogic.xml.

The script can be found on GitHub: ikromin/j2ee/weblogic_xml_cpgen/gencp.sh.

Here's a sample output of this script:

Script Output

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/aopalliance-repackaged-2.5.0-b32.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/asm-5.0.3.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/hk2-api-2.5.0-b32.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/hk2-locator-2.5.0-b32.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/hk2-utils-2.5.0-b32.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/jackson-annotations-2.8.4.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/jackson-core-2.8.4.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/jackson-databind-2.8.4.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/jackson-jaxrs-base-2.8.4.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/jackson-jaxrs-json-provider-2.8.4.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/jackson-module-jaxb-annotations-2.8.4.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/javassist-3.20.0-GA.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/javax.annotation-api-1.2.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/javax.inject-2.5.0-b32.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/javax.json-1.0.4.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/javax.ws.rs-api-2.0.1.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/jersey-client-2.25.1.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/jersey-common-2.25.1.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/jersey-container-servlet-2.25.1.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/jersey-container-servlet-core-2.25.1.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/jersey-entity-filtering-2.25.1.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/jersey-guava-2.25.1.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/jersey-media-jaxb-2.25.1.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/jersey-media-json-jackson-2.25.1.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/jersey-media-json-jettison-2.25.1.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/jersey-media-json-processing-2.25.1.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/jersey-media-kryo-2.25.1.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/jersey-media-moxy-2.25.1.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/jersey-media-multipart-2.25.1.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/jersey-media-sse-2.25.1.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/jersey-server-2.25.1.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/jettison-1.3.7.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/jsonp-jaxrs-1.0.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/kryo-3.0.2.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/mimepull-1.9.6.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/minlog-1.3.0.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/objenesis-2.1.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/org.eclipse.persistence.asm-2.6.0.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/org.eclipse.persistence.core-2.6.0.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/org.eclipse.persistence.moxy-2.6.0.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/osgi-resource-locator-1.0.1.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/reflectasm-1.10.1.jar

Processing /tmp/jersey2_25_1/WEB-INF/lib/validation-api-1.1.0.Final.jar

Adding package com.esotericsoftware.kryo

Filtering out redundant sub-packages

Adding package com.esotericsoftware.minlog

Adding package com.esotericsoftware.reflectasm

Adding package com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation

Adding package com.fasterxml.jackson.core

Filtering out redundant sub-packages

Adding package com.fasterxml.jackson.databind

Filtering out redundant sub-packages

Adding package com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs.annotation

Adding package com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs.base

Adding package com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs.cfg

Adding package com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs.json

Filtering out redundant sub-packages

Adding package com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs.util

Adding package com.fasterxml.jackson.module.jaxb

Filtering out redundant sub-packages

Adding package com.sun.research.ws.wadl

Adding package javassist

Filtering out redundant sub-packages

Adding package javax.annotation

Filtering out redundant sub-packages

Adding package javax.inject

Adding package javax.json

Filtering out redundant sub-packages

Adding package javax.validation

Filtering out redundant sub-packages

Adding package javax.ws.rs

Filtering out redundant sub-packages

Adding package jersey.repackaged.com.google.common.base

Adding package jersey.repackaged.com.google.common.cache

Adding package jersey.repackaged.com.google.common.collect

Adding package jersey.repackaged.com.google.common.hash

Adding package jersey.repackaged.com.google.common.io

Adding package jersey.repackaged.com.google.common.math

Adding package jersey.repackaged.com.google.common.net

Adding package jersey.repackaged.com.google.common.primitives

Adding package jersey.repackaged.com.google.common.util.concurrent

Adding package jersey.repackaged.org.objectweb.asm

Adding package org.aopalliance.aop

Adding package org.aopalliance.instrument

Adding package org.aopalliance.intercept

Adding package org.aopalliance.reflect

Adding package org.codehaus.jettison

Filtering out redundant sub-packages

Adding package org.eclipse.persistence

Filtering out redundant sub-packages

Adding package org.glassfish.hk2.api

Filtering out redundant sub-packages

Adding package org.glassfish.hk2.extension

Adding package org.glassfish.hk2.internal

Adding package org.glassfish.hk2.osgiresourcelocator

Adding package org.glassfish.hk2.utilities

Filtering out redundant sub-packages

Adding package org.glassfish.jersey

Filtering out redundant sub-packages

Adding package org.glassfish.json

Filtering out redundant sub-packages

Adding package org.jvnet.hk2.annotations

Adding package org.jvnet.hk2.component

Adding package org.jvnet.hk2.external.generator

Adding package org.jvnet.hk2.external.runtime

Adding package org.jvnet.hk2.internal

Adding package org.jvnet.mimepull

Adding package org.jvnet.tiger_types

Adding package org.objectweb.asm

Filtering out redundant sub-packages

Adding package org.objenesis

Filtering out redundant sub-packages

Output saved to /var/folders/y2/__zvkpb547zg92kgv6rx5m540000gn/T/tmp.F0I2TIEX

The actual usable output of this script is saved to a temporary file. The name of the file is displayed as the last message from the script before it exits.

Below is what a sample output file will look like:

weblogic.xml

<package-name>com.esotericsoftware.kryo.*</package-name>

<package-name>com.esotericsoftware.minlog.*</package-name>

<package-name>com.esotericsoftware.reflectasm.*</package-name>

<package-name>com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.*</package-name>

<package-name>com.fasterxml.jackson.core.*</package-name>

<package-name>com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*</package-name>

<package-name>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs.annotation.*</package-name>

<package-name>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs.base.*</package-name>

<package-name>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs.cfg.*</package-name>

<package-name>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs.json.*</package-name>

<package-name>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs.util.*</package-name>

<package-name>com.fasterxml.jackson.module.jaxb.*</package-name>

<package-name>com.sun.research.ws.wadl.*</package-name>

<package-name>javassist.*</package-name>

<package-name>javax.annotation.*</package-name>

<package-name>javax.inject.*</package-name>

<package-name>javax.json.*</package-name>

<package-name>javax.validation.*</package-name>

<package-name>javax.ws.rs.*</package-name>

<package-name>jersey.repackaged.com.google.common.base.*</package-name>

<package-name>jersey.repackaged.com.google.common.cache.*</package-name>

<package-name>jersey.repackaged.com.google.common.collect.*</package-name>

<package-name>jersey.repackaged.com.google.common.hash.*</package-name>

<package-name>jersey.repackaged.com.google.common.io.*</package-name>

<package-name>jersey.repackaged.com.google.common.math.*</package-name>

<package-name>jersey.repackaged.com.google.common.net.*</package-name>

<package-name>jersey.repackaged.com.google.common.primitives.*</package-name>

<package-name>jersey.repackaged.com.google.common.util.concurrent.*</package-name>

<package-name>jersey.repackaged.org.objectweb.asm.*</package-name>

<package-name>org.aopalliance.aop.*</package-name>

<package-name>org.aopalliance.instrument.*</package-name>

<package-name>org.aopalliance.intercept.*</package-name>

<package-name>org.aopalliance.reflect.*</package-name>

<package-name>org.codehaus.jettison.*</package-name>

<package-name>org.eclipse.persistence.*</package-name>

<package-name>org.glassfish.hk2.api.*</package-name>

<package-name>org.glassfish.hk2.extension.*</package-name>

<package-name>org.glassfish.hk2.internal.*</package-name>

<package-name>org.glassfish.hk2.osgiresourcelocator.*</package-name>

<package-name>org.glassfish.hk2.utilities.*</package-name>

<package-name>org.glassfish.jersey.*</package-name>

<package-name>org.glassfish.json.*</package-name>

<package-name>org.jvnet.hk2.annotations.*</package-name>

<package-name>org.jvnet.hk2.component.*</package-name>

<package-name>org.jvnet.hk2.external.generator.*</package-name>

<package-name>org.jvnet.hk2.external.runtime.*</package-name>

<package-name>org.jvnet.hk2.internal.*</package-name>

<package-name>org.jvnet.mimepull.*</package-name>

<package-name>org.jvnet.tiger_types.*</package-name>

<package-name>org.objectweb.asm.*</package-name>

<package-name>org.objenesis.*</package-name>

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