19.1. Launching Clients

The J2EE client application can be:

• A standalone client in a .jar file

• A class name, which must be found in the CLASSPATH

• A client bundle in an .ear file. An .ear file can contain many Java clients.

All the files required to launch the client container are in the JONAS_ROOT/lib/client.jar file. This jar includes a manifest file with the name of the class to launch. To launch the client container, simply type:

java -jar $JONAS_ROOT/lib/client.jar -?

This launches the client container and display usage information about this client container.

To launch the client container on a remote computer, copy the client.jar and invoke the client container by typing:

java -jar path_to_your/client.jar

The client that must be launched by the client container is given as an argument of the client container. For example:

java -jar client.jar myApplication.ear

or

java -jar client.jar myClient.jar