NoClassDefErrors found in Tomcat 5.5

Dear friends, In a set up, where we have Tomcat 5.5 running on Java 1.6, I have been seeing NoClassDefErrors thrown for a set of classes. I am not too sure as to why these exceptions occur? And this particular error happens at times, and when it happens, Tomcat will not respond.The packaged ja

Re: NoClassDefErrors found in Tomcat 5.5

Thulasiram, 1. Tomcat 5.5.x (what is your x?) is no longer supported 2. Java 1.6 is no longer supported unless you have a contract 3. CLASSPATH is almost never the place to put web dependencies Steps to address the issue: 1. Move to the latest Tomcat 6 or Tomcat 7 (preferably 7) 2. Move to the