You have to put your .jar files in the appropriate
webapps/yourcontext/WEB-INF/lib directory
automatic reload only works in this directory. Further more they must not be
set in your classpath.
BTW: I recommend upgrading to Tomcat 3.2
Regards,
Andreas
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Riley,R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 3:53 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: New class definition not being picked up
>
>
> Hi
>
> I'm new to tomcat, so sorry if this is an obvious one - I've
> searched the
> archive.
>
> Using tomcat 3.1 on redhat linux with jdk1.3.
>
> All of my java classes are in .jar files in a separate 'jars'
> directory.
> Each of the jar files is listed in the class path.
>
> Everything worked fine until I replaced one of the class
> files in one of the
> jars. If the browser page source is to be believed then the new class
> definition is not being picked up by tomcat. Somehow tomcat
> continues to
> use the prevous class after running shutdown.sh and startup.sh.
>
> I've de-compiled the class in the jar file to ensure that it
> is the correct
> (new) one. If I remove the .jar file then tomcat can't find
> the classes in
> that jar, and throws an error, but when I replace the jar
> file, with one
> including the new class, then then the original class continues to be
> used(!).
>
> I've ensured that the browser isn't using a cached copy of an
> old page.
>
> I'd be really pleased to hear from anyone who has any ideas
> about this.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Ron Riley
>
