Unfortunatly > super(this.getClass().getClassLoader());
doesn't work cause It seems I cannot call getClass() before the super constructor returns :-/ Vincent > -----Original Message----- > From: Berin Loritsch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 9:33 AM > To: Avalon Developers List > Subject: Re: ExclaliburComponentManager > > > Vincent Tencé wrote: > > > <snip/> > > > > So far I am very happy with the results! It's a way to > enforce usage of best > > practises and patterns > > in our work and we can leverage the work that has been put > into Avalon. Thx > > for that. > > We are learning a lot from the code we use and we can feel > the benefits of > > using patterns like IoC and SoC. > > Glad to hear it. > > > > > Now the problem :-) and the question. Somehow with Tomcat > (maybe only 3.2.3) > > the context class loader > > cannot find my classes so we have to use > getClass().getClassLoader(). It's > > an issue since in a lot > > of the excalibur code the context class loader is used by default. > > This has to do with actually setting the ContextClassloader. > Cocoon handles this > in the Servlet's service() method by explicitly calling > > Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(this.classloader); > > with every request (handles new threads that are introduced. > > > > > I guess there are workarounds, and we had to think of one for > > ExcaliburComponentSelector. We want > > to use a selector in our roles.xml file but > ExcaliburComponentSelector > > cannot find any classes of the > > webapp. > > So we overrided ExcaliburComponentManager like this (not > very clean) and > > used that class instead: > > > > public class DefaultComponentSelector extends > ExcaliburComponentSelector { > > > > private static Class clazz; > > > > static { > > clazz = new HackClass().getClass(); > > } > > > > public DefaultComponentSelector() { > > super(clazz.getClassLoader()); > > } > > > > private static class HackClass { > > } > > } > > > You can also do this: > > super(this.getClass().getClassLoader()); > > That works as well. > > > > > > I wanted to know I you have also experienced that problem > when using Avalon > > with servlet containers. > > Is it a tomcat issue? I am not very familiar with class > loader issues. Is > > there a better way > > to get the same result than the hack code above? What is > the preferred way > > of doing things here? > > > > Btw, I guess there is mistake in the paper Developping with > Apache Avalon at > > bottom of page 39 (pdf format). > > There is an example of an xml configuration file and it > says that when you > > have multiple instances > > of a component you specify the instance name with the > "hint" keyword but the > > code is expecting "name" instead. > > > > Thanks for your answers, > > Vincent > > > > Hope everybody will understand my English :) > > > Hopefully my answers helped you :) > > > -- > > "They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little > temporary safety > deserve neither liberty nor safety." > - Benjamin Franklin > > > -- > 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]>
