Hi, I'm getting the same error. I searched my entire computer for any jar/zip files containing javax.servlet.ServletContext and renamed all of them to ".original" so that they wouldn't be read by the JVM. I did this to all the files except for the file common/lib/servlet-api.jar
I'm still getting the problem. I'm using java version 1.4.2_10 The code i'm using used to work under Orion version 1.4.5 (I'm now using Tomcat 5.5) The code that eventually throws the exception is basically: ClassFinder classFinder = new ClassFinder(); classFinder.addFile("/opt/classes/com/canlink/commands/"); Class usrClass = classFinder.findClass("com.canlink.commands.TestClass"); This line is what throws the exception: Method setCmdLog = usrClass.getMethod("setCmdLog", new Class[] {Boolean.class}); The stack trace is: SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet RunCmd threw exception java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/ServletContext at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Class.getMethod0(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Class.getMethod0(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Class.getMethod(Unknown Source) at com.canlink.commands.RunCmd.service(RunCmd.java:240) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Application FilterChain.java:252) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterCh ain.java:173) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher. java:672) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDis patcher.java:463) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatch er.java:398) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher .java:301) at org.apache.jsp.web.Login_jsp._jspService(Login_jsp.java:67) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:97) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:3 22) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:314) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:264) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Application FilterChain.java:252) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterCh ain.java:173) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.ja va:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.ja va:178) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126 ) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java :107) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:868) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processC onnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:663) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.jav a:527) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWo rkerThread.java:80) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.jav a:684) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) -----Original Message----- From: Tim Funk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: December 6, 2005 6:30 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Question concerning java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/ServletContext See - http://tomcat.apache.org/faq/classnotfound.html Odds are you have your own servlet-api.jar somewhere in the webapp or system classpath and that is conflicting with the one in common/lib (installed by tomcat) -Tim John Poley wrote: > Please forgive my intrusion if this is not the proper place to post a questoon of this sort. I am new to servlets, and am working on my first deployment- but I am running in to a problem that I can't find a solution to. I have installed Tomcat 5.5 and am using Eclipse (as well as a tomcat plugin) to manage my project. A colleague of mine sent me a war file of out working projected, which I imported to my IDE. I start tomcat, which seems to load properly, and attempt to run the project on the server- where I am faced with the following: > > > javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet.init() for servlet RequestTranslator threw exception > > root cause > > java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/ServletContext > java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method) > java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Unknown Source) > java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Unknown Source) > java.lang.Class.getConstructor(Unknown Source) > freemarker.template.Configuration.setServletContextForTemplateLoading(Config uration.java:331) > verkoopen.boundary.UserInterfaceOutput.<init>(UserInterfaceOutput.java:31) > verkoopen.boundary.RequestTranslator.init(RequestTranslator.java:25) > org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105 ) > org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148) > org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:868) > org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processC onnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:663) > org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.jav a:527) > org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWo rkerThread.java:80) > org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.jav a:684) > java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) > I am using the most recent J2RE 5 and I am certain that Tomcat's servlet-api.jar is within my application's class path. I am not sure why the source cannot be found. Any helpin locating my problem would be greatly appreciated, and I would be happy to prove more information if needed (I'm not entirely sure what would be helpful). And again, I am sorry if this is not the place for this kind of question!Happy coding!John > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]