17.16. Using ModeShape in Web Applications

Your web application or JBoss service can use one of the JCR Repository instances running inside the ModeShape service with a URL such as:

 jndi:jcr/local?repositoryName=repository

Be sure to use the correct repository name.

Since the JCR API JAR is on the global classpath, your web application can use the JCR API without having to include the JAR file in your application's WAR file. In fact, your application will likely get ClassCastExceptions if it does include the JCR API in its WAR file. Plus, if needed, your application can use ModeShape's "org.modeshape.jcr.api" extensions to the JCR API (again, on the global classpath), and should not need or use any of the classes or interfaces in the ModeShape implementation.