I finally found the more specific page on the problem:
- http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTDOC/03+GeoTools+and+Eclipse+or+OSGi

Cheers,
Jody

Jody Garnett wrote:
> Hi "lacd" ... your question is a common one.
>
> The only answer is to dump all the GeoTools jars into the same plugin, 
> GeoTools uses Java's Factory Service Provide Interface (ie FactorySPI) 
> plugin system in which it looks up stuff on the classpath.
>
> Eclipse RCP uses some scary classloader tricks that interfere with this.
>
> For more information on FactorySPI:
> - http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTDOC/How+to+Find+a+Factory
>
> For a working example of how to do this check out the uDig project. And 
> before you ask the "buddy classloader" trick wont work - it lets plugin 
> share a classloader but it does not let a buddy provided a 
> META_INF/services/ directory full of text files (which is what factory 
> spi wants to see).
>
> Cheers,
> Jody
>   


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