We want to exclude the modules\system\layers\base\javax\servlet\jstl\api\main\jboss-jstl-api_1.2_spec-1.1.2.Final.jar from our web application deployment (WAR file).
Hence we have the following configuration in src\main\webapp\WEB-INF\jboss-deployment-structure.xml:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<jboss-deployment-structure xmlns="urn:jboss:deployment-structure:1.2">
<deployment>
<exclusions>
<module name="javax.servlet.jstl.api"/>
</exclusions>
<dependencies>
<module name="deployment.my-dependencies.jar"/>
</dependencies>
</deployment>
</jboss-deployment-structure>
In the Wildfly log I see that my-dependencies.jar is added as a ModuleDependency. But when searching for javax.servlet.jstl.api I only see this:
2015-04-03 15:22:11,971 DEBUG [org.jboss.modules] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 12) Module javax.servlet.jstl.api:main defined by local module loader @1f7c9157 (finder: local module finder @2b29f6e7 (roots: C:\Users\me\Documents\wildfly-8.2.0.Final\modules,C:\Users\me\Documents\wildfly-8.2.0.Final\modules\system\layers\base))
Why isn't the module excluded?
Update: It seems that modules that are part of a user dependency can not be excluded.
It seems like the mechanism doesn't work as described in the Wildfly documentation. I was not able to exclude that module.