To the developers I've created a Pizza Compiler for Cocoon that uses the ClassLoader retrieved from ClassUtils.getClassLoader () instead of a classpath consisting of jar files and classes directories when compiling java files. I've posted a message in the Pizzacompiler discussion forum asking if the pizza developers want my code.
I'm posting this message to the cocoon-dev mailing list to follow up on others earlier threads regarding compilers and classloading, for example: http://w6.metronet.com/~wjm/tomcat/2001/Feb/msg00488.html I'm deploying cocoon in a Jboss/Jetty environment; and I've turned off Java 2 ClassLoading in favour of Servlet Spec 2.3 ClassLoading. I might be wrong, but the general difference between them two is: - in Java 2 classloading, the parent classloader is always asked first, then a classloader tries to locate the class itself - in Servlet Spec 2.3 the webapp classloader tries to locate the class in WEB-INF/lib, WEB-INF/classes or, when deployed in an enterprise application, in the interfaces to the ejb-layer (which are not found in any files within the webapp). The beauty (IMHO) of Servlet Spec 2.3 class loading is that you get the Xalan/Xerces/whatever that you deploy with your application, and _not_ the Xalan/Xerces/whatever is delivered by the JDK or deploy environment - much less hazzle. With this classloading scheme I can take an arbitrary JDK and expect to get the proper classes loaded. I know there's the workaround with endorsed lib and such - but then I have to keep my JDK as up to date as my app. The problem with Servlet Spec 2.3 is that the compiler cannot get the interfaces in a neat .jar file and hence cannot load the classes. I've not been able to find any freely available java compiler that uses a ClassLoader when compiling. Therefore I've made a alternate version of the Pizzac java compiler class for cocoon that uses an alternate ClassReader class for Pizza. This combination seems to work. If there's interest in my solution I'll post the files to the list. Jakob Dalsgaard Udvikler e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vesterbrogade 149 1620 København V Tlf.: 70 25 80 30 Fax.: 70 25 80 31 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
