i apologize for the typo. I actually meant to say i put the jar in shared/lib. Based on the documentation I think that is where it should go. common/lib is for jars are only needed by web apps whereas shared/lib is for web apps AND tomcat. Being as the valve should be used by tomcat i put it in shared/lib.
If I put the jar in shared/lib my war which references some of the classes to display the data gets a ClassNotFoundException. I also tried putting it in common/lib then the server doesn't boot and i get a ClassNotFoundException on my valve. >From the link: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/class-loader-howto.html *Shared* - This class loader is the place to put classes and resources that you wish to share across *ALL* web applications (unless Tomcat internal classes also need access, in which case you should put them in the *Common*class loader instead).All unpacked classes and resources in $CATALINA_BASE/shared/classes, as well as classes and resources in JAR files under $CATALINA_BASE/shared/lib, are made visible through this class loader. If multiple Tomcat instances are run from the same binary using the $CATALINA_BASE environment variable, then this classloader repositories are relative to $CATALINA_BASE rather than $CATALINA_HOME. On 9/10/07, Caldarale, Charles R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Steve Souza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: classpath problems with a custom valve > > > > based on this document I placed my jar in server/lib as both > > web apps and tomcat need access to the classes in this jar. > > What part of the Tomcat doc led you to that conclusion? It's clear from > even a cursory reading (or just looking at the picture) that classes in > server/lib are not available to webapps. As I said before, put your jar > in common/lib. > > - Chuck > > > THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY > MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you > received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail > and its attachments from all computers. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
