On 27.12.2012, at 11:40, N.s.Karthik <nskarthi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > I have multiple web applications working perfectly on Tomcat 7.0.30 > I know that jar files of similar can be moved to Tomcat /lib folder so the > same could be shared > by multiple applications.
You know that *your specific jar files* can be moved to tomcat/lib? You'll wanna be really sure of that. Static references used within these jar files can lead to permgen memory leaks and/or misbehavior (to put it in a grossly simplified way). See various conference talks and presentations by Mark Thomas, and part of following JavaOne session: https://oracleus.activeevents.com/connect/sessionDetail.ww?SESSION_ID=7905 I think this is only worth the effort in very specific use cases, most commonly a multi tenant service with an instance of (almost) identical web apps per tenant. Just to save a few MB of permgen memory or disk space: don't do it. > This helps in clear separation of mixing Tomcat/lib/*.jars with application > specific jars. For that purpose, I would not nest your own lib folder within tomcat's lib folder. Place your folder next to the original lib folder, or even outside the tomcat directory. As Daniel Mikusa already said, you can configure such a folder in conf/catalina.properties by modifying the common.loader property, if you really are determined to do that. > with regards > N.s.Karthik Rainer --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
