update: If using plain vanilla servlets then putting the .jar file in the WEB-INF/lib directory and doing nothing to the classpath log4j works just fine. It seems that if you use reflection to instantiate a class that is using log4j then the appropriate loj4j .jar file needs to be in the classpath otherwise the relected class will not be instantiated. Craig -----Original Message----- From: Ceki Gülcü [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 2:37 PM To: LOG4J Users Mailing List Subject: Re: Log4j and servlets - Reflection Error Craig, No idea at all. Sorry I can't help. Ceki At 09:55 22.08.2001 -0500, Craig Newlander wrote: >Strange error here. >In my Servlet class (foo) I defined a static field member as > >private static Category log; > >and in its Constructor is >log = Category.getRoot(); >I can now log until the cows come home. > >Now then, I have another class (foobar) which is instantiated via reflection >by foo from foo's service() method > >foobar has a static field member as >private static Category log; >and in its Constructor is >log = Category.getInstance( this.getClass().getName() ); > >and when foo tries to reflect foobar I recevied a >java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: >org/apache/log4j/Category >foobar never gets instantiated foo keeps chugging along and logs without a >hitch? > >if I remove the log = from foobars construtor foobar can be reflected just >fine. > >Any ideas? -- Ceki Gülcü - http://qos.ch --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
