I've just seen some surprising behavior in finding Action classes depending on where I put the struts.jar file and where I put the action class. Has anyone else seen this? Is this how one would expect it to work? I'm using Struts 1.0.2 and Tomcat 4.1.12 on a Solaris 8 Sun server.
If I put struts.jar in $CATALINA_HOME/common/lib and the action class for a particular mapping in $CATALINA_HOME/common/classes/..., all works well. Likewise, all works well if I put struts.jar in $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/MyApp/WEB-INF/lib and the action class in $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/MyApp/WEB-INF/classes/... However, if I put struts.jar in $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/MyApp/WEB-INF/lib and the action class in $CATALINA_HOME/common/classes/..., I get a "class not found" error for class "org/apache/struts/action/Action" when it tries to instantiate my action class. And, if I put struts.jar in $CATALINA_HOME/common/lib and my action class in $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/MyApp/WEB-INF/classes/..., I get a "class not found" error for my action class when it tries to instantiate the mapping. Obviously, the work-around is to put both pieces in one place or the other but I don't understand why that should be the case, assuming I get the package names right, etc. I'm guessing that this has something to do with the way in which Tomcat 4.1.12 handles class loading but, if anyone could shed light on this, I would much appreciate it. Thanks in advance. --Jim ================================== Jim Coble Senior Technology Specialist Center for Instructional Technology Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 919-660-5974 Fax: 919-660-5923 Box 90198, Duke University Durham, NC 27708-0198 ================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
