Seam/Environment

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To set up Seam, I used the following software:

Contents 1 Software 2 Configuration 2.1 Environment variables 2.2 Seam 2.3 Eclipse 2.4 HSQLDB (a.k.a. Hypersonic) 3 Notes

[edit] Software

• JBoss 4.2.2.GA
• JBoss Seam 2.0.0.GA
• Eclipse Europa for JEE developers
• JDK 1.5.x or above
• Apache Ant 1.6.x (do not use 1.7!)

[edit] Configuration

[edit] Environment variables

• Ensure that JAVA_HOME is pointing to the JDK
• Ensure that ANT_HOME is pointing to the Ant directory
• Make sure that "%ANT_HOME%\bin" is in the PATH variable

[edit] Seam

• Put the location of the JBOSS AS in the build.properties file (has to be absolute)

[edit] Eclipse

• Set up the JBoss AS Runtime
  • Go to Windows --> Preferences --> Server --> Installed Runtimes
  • Click Add
  • Select JBoss 4.2 Runtime
  • Browse for the installation directory
• Set up the server to run off the runtime
  • In the JBoss Server View, select New Server
  • Select your newly created runtime
• Test the server by starting it up
  • If there are problems, check the end of this guide for technical issues on JBoss

[edit] HSQLDB (a.k.a. Hypersonic)

• The embedded database within JBoss
• I am using it in its default configuration, which means that data will not be retained when the JBoss Application Server is shut down

[edit] Notes

Yhe above configuration is for Windows XP. I've set up the same environment on Linux (Kubuntu 7.10) without much difficulty as well.