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3.5. Exclude a Subsystem from a Deployment

Summary

This topic covers the steps required to exclude a subsystem from a deployment. This is done by editing the jboss-deployment-structure.xml configuration file. Excluding a subsystem provides the same effect as removing the subsystem, but it applies only to a single deployment.

Procedure 3.6. Exclude a Subsystem

  1. Open the jboss-deployment-structure.xml file in a text editor.
  2. Add the following XML inside the <deployment> tags: 
    <exclude-subsystems>
  <subsystem name="SUBSYSTEM_NAME" />
</exclude-subsystems>
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  3. Save the jboss-deployment-structure.xml file.
Result

The subsystem has been successfully excluded. The subsystem's deployment unit processors will no longer run on the deployment.

Example 3.6. Example jboss-deployment-structure.xml file.

<jboss-deployment-structure xmlns="urn:jboss:deployment-structure:1.2">
  <ear-subdeployments-isolated>true</ear-subdeployments-isolated>
  <deployment>
    <exclude-subsystems>
      <subsystem name="jaxrs" />
    </exclude-subsystems>
    <exclusions>
      <module name="org.javassist" />
    </exclusions>
    <dependencies>
      <module name="deployment.javassist.proxy" />
      <module name="deployment.myjavassist" />
      <module name="myservicemodule" services="import"/>
    </dependencies>
    <resources>
      <resource-root path="my-library.jar" />
    </resources>
  </deployment>
  <sub-deployment name="myapp.war">
    <dependencies>
      <module name="deployment.myear.ear.myejbjar.jar" />
    </dependencies>
    <local-last value="true" />
  </sub-deployment>
  <module name="deployment.myjavassist" >
    <resources>
     <resource-root path="javassist.jar" >
       <filter>
         <exclude path="javassist/util/proxy" />
       </filter>
     </resource-root>
    </resources>
  </module>
  <module name="deployment.javassist.proxy" >
    <dependencies>
      <module name="org.javassist" >
        <imports>
          <include path="javassist/util/proxy" />
          <exclude path="/**" />
        </imports>
      </module>
    </dependencies>
  </module>
</jboss-deployment-structure>
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