Hello Sudhir, Xerces cannot go in WEB-INF/lib. It violates the sun classloading spec which Tomcat has been enforcing since the release of 4.0.2. You likely would have gotten some exceptions related to this in 4.0.2 and 4.0.3 because the way they implemented the enforcement was flawed. This was fixed in 4.0.4 and I think the XML/DOM libraries put into WEB-INF/lib are simply ignored now. Also, if you want to use the newer Xerces and you are using j2sdk1.4.x, you need to put Xerces in JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/endorsed. You will have to create the "endorsed" directory. This triggers the new "Endorsed Standards Override Mechanism". If you don't do this, the version of xerces that comes in the JDK will override any version you attempt to put in your classpath. Read about it here: http://barracuda.enhydra.org/cvs_source/Barracuda/docs/j2se1_4.html
After doing that, the Xerces version that you put there will, essentially, act as part of the JDK and will override other cases of Xerces being in the classpath. Note that in Tomcat-4.1.x, they provide a similar endorsed mechanism specifically for Tomcat in TOMCAT_HOME/common/endorsed and that should override the endorsed version of the JDK. I would stick with putting xerces in the JDK endorsed directory, though, because it will then be available for java compilation and other apps on the system than just Tomcat. If you are using JDK1.3.x, then just put it in the classpath somewhere and then for Tomcat, put it in TOMCAT_HOME/common/lib. Make sure there are no other xerces versions there as well. The log4j jar file should still go in the WEB-INF/lib of your webapp. See if the above fixes your issue. Jake Thursday, July 18, 2002, 12:33:50 AM, you wrote: SSS> Hi Ceki, SSS> I have removed all the struts -definitions , and still I get SSS> the same error , I am using Tomcat 4.04 and xerces 2.2 and log4J1.2.5. SSS> I have placed the xerces2.2 jar and the log4j.jar in the application SSS> Web-Inf\liob directory, as well as the tomcat common directory. SSS> I still get the same error , should i upgrade my tomcat version to 4.1.7.? SSS> The following used to work when i Had an earlier cersion of log4J and the SSS> xerces 1.4.4 version. SSS> Kindly guide me, SSS> regards, SSS> Sudhir SSS> ----- Original Message ----- SSS> From: "Ceki Gülcü" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SSS> To: "Log4J Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SSS> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 22:19 SSS> Subject: Re: LOG4J Dtd >> >> I have tried your JSP file under Tomcat 4.1.7 without problems. >> >> Although I have removed the following lines: >> >> <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld" prefix="bean" %> >> <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld" prefix="html" %> >> <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-logic.tld" prefix="logic" %> >> >> Please provide more details on your set up. Where do you place jar >> files? log4j.jar, xerces.jar etc. Is the problem struts related? >> (Remove all references to struts to find out.) >> >> At 11:31 16.07.2002 +0530, you wrote: >> >Hi Ceki, >> > I still receive the erroe with regards to the log4j.dtd? SSS> I >> >have mailed you a zip file containing the test cases . >> > >> >regards, >> >Sudhir >> >> -- >> Ceki >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: SSS> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> For additional commands, e-mail: SSS> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> SSS> -- SSS> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SSS> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Best regards, Jacob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
