Then I would put these classes in $TOMCAT/lib. For example, I have our
database pool classes, which are utilized by several projects, in there.
>
> I agree that you should not put application specific jar files in the main
> $TOMCAT/lib directory because the jar files should reside with their
> application. I was saying, as a last resort try putting the jars in the
> main TOMCAT lib. Did you try it?
>
> I always just unzip any zip files in the WEB-INF/classes directory or you
> could make your own jar file of those classes.
>
>
> The logic is sound. However, consider the case of a set of javabean class
> files that are common to more than one application; where do you put them?
>
> JDL
>
