1) yes, they are in WEB-INF/classes 2) yes, it is in WEB-INF/lib 3) I will try this...
thanks, Bonnie MacKellar software engineer Mobius Management Systems, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Weaver, Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 5:21 PM > To: 'OJB Users List' > Subject: RE: Weblogic, threads, and startup errors > > > Some simple questions: > > 1. Where do you have the OJB resources (OJB.properties, > repository.xml, etc.)? To make things easy, they should be > in the default package of your webapp's WEB-INF/classes directory. > > 2. Where is your OJB jar? For the most predictable results, > it should be in your webapp's WEB-INF/lib directory. I would > discourage loading OJB from shared or common lib locations > within your container as this might be a source of class > loader errors. > > You may want to try setting the context classloader of your > new Thread with the context classloader of your servlet's > current thread and see if that helps. > > In your servlet try this... > > ClassLoader cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader(); > AccountUpdater myNewThread = new Thread(); > myNewThread.setContextClassLoader(cl); > myNewThreadStart.start(); > > *===================================* > * Scott T Weaver * > * Jakarta Jetspeed Portal Project * > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > *===================================* > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bonnie MacKellar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 5:01 PM > > To: OJB Users List > > Subject: RE: Weblogic, threads, and startup errors > > > > You are right in your analysis, but in fact, the code I > just gave you is > > newer code that > > I put together to try to see if defaultPersistenceBroker > might be the > > problem. My original code (which generated the exception) > looks exactly > > like your code below!! > > > > The problem is more fundamental than this. It is something > to do with > > the interaction of Weblogic, OJB startup code, and threading. > > > > Bonnie MacKellar > > software engineer > > Mobius Management Systems, Inc. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Edson Carlos Ericksson Richter > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 4:56 PM > > > To: OJB Users List > > > Subject: Re: Weblogic, threads, and startup errors > > > > > > > > > I'm being analizing your code... Well, I get my broker using > > > > > > PersistenceBrokerFactory.defaultPersistenceBroker() > > > > > > Have you tried to work with defaultPersistenceBroker()? I > > > know that in some > > > release (I don't know what) things was changed in the way OJB > > > is getting the > > > .xml based on this config... Then you can evolute to a > > > createPersistenceBroker after this is working... > > > > > > Another point: you are declaring a object scoped broker in > > > > > > public class AccountUpdater extends Thread > > > { > > > private PersistenceBroker broker = null; > > > > > > but in the run method, you are not filling in because you are > > > declaring a > > > new try scoped broker: > > > > > > PersistenceBroker broker = > > > > PersistenceBrokerFactory.createPersistenceBroker(new > > > PBKey("ActiveBill")); > > > > > > > > > You can test making in the following way: > > > > > > public class AccountUpdater extends Thread > > > { > > > // private PersistenceBroker broker = null; // This line > > > is being removed > > > in favor of a parameter for retrieveAccountByNumber... > > > > > > public void run() > > > { > > > try > > > { > > > PersistenceBroker broker = > > > > PersistenceBrokerFactory.defaultPersistenceBroker(); > > > broker.beginTransaction(); > > > AccountInterface acc = > > > retrieveAccountByNumber(broker, "1234"); > > > broker.commitTransaction(); > > > } > > > catch (Exception e) > > > { > > > broker.abortTransaction(); > > > System.out.print(e.getMessage()); > > > e.printStackTrace(); > > > } > > > finally { > > > broker.close(); > > > } > > > } > > > > > > > > > Don't forget to change the retrive... to use the parameter you are > > > sending... > > > Another point that could you check is use rc3 or download cvs > > > HEAD to build > > > a "near rc4" bin. They are far stable than previous versions... > > > > > > My2c, > > > > > > Edson Richter > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Bonnie MacKellar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "OJB Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 5:36 PM > > > Subject: RE: Weblogic, threads, and startup errors > > > > > > > > > Well, that is precisely why I was trying this - to ensure > that I have > > > no brokers spanning threads. > > > > > > My code looks like this : > > > > > > public class AccountUpdater extends Thread > > > { > > > private PersistenceBroker broker = null; > > > > > > > > > public void run() > > > { > > > try > > > { > > > PersistenceBroker broker = > > > > PersistenceBrokerFactory.createPersistenceBroker(new > > > PBKey("ActiveBill")); > > > broker.beginTransaction(); > > > AccountInterface acc = retrieveAccountByNumber("1234"); > > > broker.commitTransaction(); > > > } > > > catch (Exception e) > > > { > > > broker.abortTransaction(); > > > System.out.print(e.getMessage()); > > > e.printStackTrace(); > > > } > > > finally { > > > broker.close(); > > > } > > > } > > > > > > The exception is thrown right at the createPersistenceBroker > > > step. If I run > > > this so that a new thread is not spawned, there is no > > > problem. But if I > > > spawn a thread and then call this code, I get the exception. > > > > > > The NULL error that you are having appear to me a problem to > > > acquire the > > > broker (read "not find the asked config"). Using > > > defaultPersistenceBroker > > > you will be acquiring the one defined in > > > > > > Again, I need to do this in order to avoid long lived brokers. > > > > > > Bonnie MacKellar > > > software engineer > > > Mobius Management Systems, Inc. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Edson Carlos Ericksson Richter > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 4:30 PM > > > > To: OJB Users List > > > > Subject: Re: Weblogic, threads, and startup errors > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't know about you, but I had all kind of strange errors > > > > working with > > > > long time broker lives... > > > > > > > > Now, I'm working as in mnemonic code: > > > > > > > > public void xyzStore( XYZObject o ) { > > > > broker = getBroker(); > > > > > > > > try { > > > > broker.store( o ); > > > > } catch() { > > > > }finally { > > > > broker.close(); // this guarantees no mistakes... > > > > } > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > This guarantees that the broker object isn't spawned along > > > > threads... And my > > > > code works fine! > > > > Since the brokers are maintained in a pool, there is not pain > > > > in performance > > > > (AFAIK). > > > > > > > > > > > > Edson Richter > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Bonnie MacKellar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: "OJB Users List (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 5:20 PM > > > > Subject: Weblogic, threads, and startup errors > > > > > > > > > > > > I posted a question on Thursday about a mysterious error I am > > > > getting when I > > > > try to obtain a broker in a thread spawned within my > > > > application. It was not > > > > answered, perhaps because of the holiday, or perhaps because > > > > no one else is > > > > doing what we are doing. > > > > > > > > We are running a servlet based application in Weblogic. I am > > > > using rc2 at > > > > the moment. As long as I obtain the broker in the main > > > > thread, there is no > > > > problem. But if I spawn a new thread and try to obtain the > > > > broker, I was > > > > getting obvious classpath problems - OJB.properties not > > > > found, and so forth. > > > > > > > > I explicitly placed the classpath info for the app in my > > > > Weblogic startup > > > > file (not good, but I will try anything right now). Doing > > > > this, it does find > > > > the OJB.properties file, but now I get another odd error : > > > > > > > > [BOOT] ERROR: The specified class > > > > "org.apache.ojb.broker.cache.ObjectCachePerBrokerImpl" does > > > > not implement > > > > the interface org.apache.ojb.broker.cache.ObjectCache, > which is a > > > > requirement for the key "ObjectCacheClass". Using default class > > > > org.apache.ojb.broker.cache.ObjectCacheDefaultImpl > > > > java.lang.NullPointerException > > > > at dbtests.AccountUpdater.run(AccountUpdater.java:68) > > > > > > > > Has anybody ever encountered this error before? Obviously, > > > > something goes > > > > hideously wrong with the configuration of OJB once threads > > > > get into the > > > > picture, but what? And again, I do not have this problem as > > > > long as the code > > > > to obtain the broker is situated in the main thread. > > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > Bonnie MacKellar > > > > software engineer > > > > Mobius Management Systems, Inc. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > > > Version: 6.0.497 / Virus Database: 296 - Release Date: 4/7/2003 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > > Version: 6.0.497 / Virus Database: 296 - Release Date: 4/7/2003 > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >
