Have we given up here? Do I need to have the packages in separate jars? On Monday 19 February 2007 08:02, David Smith wrote: > You don't need to tell tomcat to look in WEB-INF/lib/*.jar. Tomcat does > that automatically per spec. I'm guessing there is something wrong with > the way your jar was created or a permissions problem. > > Try testing the jar with > > $JAVA_HOME/bin/jar tf whatever.jar > (linux/maxos syntax) > or > %JAVA_HOME\bin\jar tf whatever.jar > (windows syntax) > > to be sure it's valid. The command above lists all the files in the jar > file. Then be sure permissions are set so the user tomcat runs as can > read it. One last thing to look for is any errors further up in the > logs above the class not found exception. > > --David > > aladdin wrote: > >Thanks for the tip! > > > >I don't think I'd have a conflict with all the classes in my application. > >Although some of my classes have common names, like user.java (compiled, > >of course, to user.class), they are all member of just one of three > > packages: infoisland, dbMgr, and utils, so I don't think the names are > > colliding. Loading the app bombs out as tomcat is loading when it can't > > find my filter, CheckUser (makes sure users are logged in), which is in > > the infoIsland package. > > > >However, your comment is telling: "WEB-INF itself is not checked or > > scanned for .jar files at all." So, if I make sure the WEB-INF/classes > > subdirectory is empty, how do I tell tomcat to go get classes out of the > >WEB-INF/lib/whatever.jar file? > > > >Thanks. > > > >On Sunday 18 February 2007 20:05, David Smith wrote: > >>It should be noted there are only a couple of places .jar files are > >>allowed in tomcat: > >> > >>1. WEB-INF/lib > >>2. common/lib of the tomcat installation directory > >> > >>WEB-INF itself is not checked or scanned for .jar files at all. In > >>addition, any files in the classes directory will override their > >>equivalent in the lib directory. This occurs regardless of it being in > >>WEB-INF/classes or common/classes > >> > >>As to the issue below, are you sure you don't have similar classes (in > >>name and package) in both common/lib and WEB-INF/lib? Seems like > >>there's a classloader issue at work here. Take a look at the > >>classloader howto at > >>http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/class-loader-howto.html. It > >>might offer some ideas. > >> > >>--David > >> > >>aladdin wrote: > >>>When I put my webapp.jar file in the WEB-INF directory, it doesn't find > >>>the app. When I exploded it into the classes directory, and associated > >>>subdirectories, they are found fine, but I get this problem (the one > >>>below). > >>> > >>>This, it turns out, is triggered by the fact I have the webapp.jar file > >>>in the lib directory and all the classes unpacked in the classes > >>>directory (both under WEB-INF, of course). Getting rid of the > >>> webapp.jar file in the lib directory solves the problem below, but now > >>> tomcat won't use that the jar file in the lib directory, even though > >>> when it's unpacked in the classes directory, he seems perfectly happy. > >>> Is there some magic I need for tomcat to use .jar files in the > >>> WEB-INF/lib directory, like an entry in web.xml or server.xml? > >>> > >>>On Friday 16 February 2007 22:52, aladdin wrote: > >>>>I was getting a message like "SEVERE PersistenceManager persistence not > >>>>enabled", or something like that (I don't remember) so I disabled > >>>>(commented out) the Manager tag in server.xml that configured the > >>>>PersistenceManager. Now, I'm getting > >>>> > >>>>Feb 16, 2007 9:26:34 PM org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader > >>>>modified INFO: Additional JARs have been added > >>>>Feb 16, 2007 9:26:34 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext reload > >>>>INFO: Reloading this Context has started > >>>> > >>>>over and over in the log files. Anyone know what's causing this? I > >>>>thought maybe tomcat was restarting, but the PID doesn't change. It > >>>>seems to work, but it's filling up my log files. > >>>> > >>>>TIA > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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