you can not have any class in /common/lib that needs to access a class in /WEB-INF/lib because /common is shared between all webapps. When trying to find a class, the classloader will query up the classloader heirarchy, but not down. See the classloader doc which explains this in more detail.
http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-4.1-doc/class-loader-howto.html Charlie > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremy Cavagnolo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 3:28 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Strange Class Loading problem > > > Hello: > > I am new to the list. Thanks in advance for any help. Also, > I am using > Version 4.1.12. > > I am deploying my web application with app-specific class files and > jar files in /WEB-INF/classes and /WEB-INF/lib respectively. > When I start > tomcat, these messages appear in my log file: > > WebappLoader[/MSQ]: Deploying class repositories to work > directory /var/tomcat4/work/Apache/server/MSQ > WebappLoader[/MSQ]: Deploy class files /WEB-INF/classes to > /var/tomcat4/webapps/MSQ/WEB-INF/classes > WebappLoader[/MSQ]: Deploy JAR /WEB-INF/lib/msq-data.jar to > /var/tomcat4/webapps/MSQ/WEB-INF/lib/msq-data.jar > WebappLoader[/MSQ]: Deploy JAR /WEB-INF/lib/msq-util.jar to > /var/tomcat4/webapps/MSQ/WEB-INF/lib/msq-util.jar > > > indicating that tomcat is finding my classes and my > libraries. However, > Whenever I make a request that relies on these classes, I get a > ClassNotFoundException. > > When I copy the classes and jars to > {$CATALINA_HOME}/common/classes and > {$CATALINA_HOME}/common/lib, everything works. > > Any insight? > > Thanks, > > Jeremy > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
