snichol 2002/11/12 10:58:57 Modified: java/docs/install tomcat.html Log: Add a note about Java 1.4 and endorsed directories. Revision Changes Path 1.15 +6 -0 xml-soap/java/docs/install/tomcat.html Index: tomcat.html =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/xml-soap/java/docs/install/tomcat.html,v retrieving revision 1.14 retrieving revision 1.15 diff -u -r1.14 -r1.15 --- tomcat.html 16 Oct 2002 05:13:26 -0000 1.14 +++ tomcat.html 12 Nov 2002 18:58:57 -0000 1.15 @@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ and classes in %CATALINA_HOME%/classes. Anything placed in these directories is visible to all Web applications running on the Tomcat server.</p> +<p><strong>IMPORTANT</strong>: Java 1.4 changed the rules as to to +how packages beginning in java.* and javax.* get loaded. Specifically, they only +get loaded from endorsed directories. If you are trying to access code from +such packages, the associated jars will presumably need to be in endorsed directories, +not the directories of your webapp.</p> + <h2>Deploying Apache-SOAP on Tomcat:</h2> <p>There are two different ways to actually deploy Apache SOAP on Tomcat:</p>
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