I would say it is a bug in the deployer that the servlet is loaded at all.
Why should a servlet in a jar without a deployment descriptor be deployed?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 6:39 PM
Subject: [JBoss-user] Problem with classloader, servlets, and EARs.
> I'm hoping someone can shed some light on a problem I'm having. I have a EAR
> structured like somewhat this: (names changed to protect the innocent)
>
> myApp.ear
> |--- myLib.jar
> | |-- myServlet.class
> |
> |--- myWeb.war
> |-- WEB-INF/web.xml
> |-- WEB-INF/classes/myClass.class
>
>
> When myServlet.class loads, it tries to instantiate (by reflection) an
> instance of myClass. However, it gets a ClassNotFound exception.
>
> My tentative guess at what's going on is that myServlet is being found by
> the classloader for the EAR. This doesn't have access to the contents of the
> WAR file, so it doesn't see the web classes. This implies that I need to get
> hold of the classloader for the web-application.
>
> Does anyone have any idea on how to do this? I'm stuck.
>
> (Yes, the code works fine if I move myClass.class out to myLib.jar, or if I
> move myServlet.class into the WAR. However, for various reasons, I don't
> want to do that)
>
> Robert
>
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