Application Client deploy --retrieve and get-client-stubs Commands

In Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3, running the deploy --retrieve and get-client-stubs commands no longer downloads just one JAR file to your local directory as in Enterprise Server v2. While localdir/myAppClient.jar is still created in Enterprise Server v3 and can be used as a target in the appclient command, another directory is also created, localdir/myAppClient, which in turn might contain other files.

If you typically copy the single Enterprise Server v2 downloaded JAR file as a way to move the application client components from one place to another, that will not work in Enterprise Server v3. The supported method is to use the asadmin get-client-stubs command for that purpose. For more information about the command, see get-client-stubs(1).

If you still choose to copy, however, you must copy not only the localdir/myAppClient.jar file (as in Enterprise Server v2), but also all of the contents of the localdir/myAppClient directory.