On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 1:05 PM, <fadila.mumba...@uniserv.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > we have Tomcat and axis2 (1.6) running. > > One of our web services needs jaxen.jar and dom4j.jar. > The web service archive file contains these jar files within the > service's WEB-INF/lib. > If you use .aar archive format then you have to place your 3rd party jars inside the 'lib" directory not WEB-INF/lib. e.g - yourServiceArchive.aar/lib/dom4j.jar. etc. Also if you want you can enable Axis2 child first class loading [1]. [1] - http://amilachinthaka.blogspot.com/2009/05/axis2-child-first-class-loading.html Thanks ! > > Nevertheless by executing the method the web service throws the > exeception > > org.dom4j.InvalidXPathException: Invalid XPath expression: > 'myPath'. Caused by: org/dom4j/Element .. > > (The same method runninmg as a standalone application does function) > > The real problem is, the dom4j classes are not found. > > I've copied the dom4j.jar into axis2 WEB-INF/lib and it does function. > > Now my question: > - do I have any possibility to control the axis2 classloader, > so my required jar-file (dom4j) would be found (at the right time). > - is it an axis2 issue at all, or is it the tomcat class loader? > > - is there any negative side-effect if I solve the problem by copying > the dom4j into the axis2 WEB-INF/lib? > > Thank you, > Fadila > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@axis.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@axis.apache.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@axis.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@axis.apache.org > > -- Sagara Gunathunga Blog - http://ssagara.blogspot.com Web - http://people.apache.org/~sagara/ LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/ssagara
