Howdy, >I have read >http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-4.1-doc/class-loader-howto.html >many times over and I am still confused. The Overview relates parent >and children >classloaders to each other. It then says that the Java 2 way is to put >the Bootstrap >classloader first. It then states that Tomcat does it a little bit >differently, the >details of which are stated below. In the Class Loader Definitions >section it says >that the /WEB-INF/classes/ comes first, with /WEB-INF/lib/ second. This >is all >exactly as I would like to see it.
Bootstrap is still first, as is required in Java 2. Specifically, note the following summary on the page you quoted above: "Therefore, from the perspective of a web application, class or resource loading looks in the following repositories, in this order: Bootstrap classes of your JVM System class loader classses (described above) /WEB-INF/classes of your web application /WEB-INF/lib/*.jar of your web application $CATALINA_HOME/common/classes $CATALINA_HOME/common/endorsed/*.jar $CATALINA_HOME/common/lib/*.jar $CATALINA_BASE/shared/classes $CATALINA_BASE/shared/lib/*.jar" >takes precedence over all the others. The systems group here added some >of the >jakarta commons jars to the Bootstrap classloader, and now I cannot Basically, your systems group should be shot ;) I'm just kidding of course, I don't want to advocate violence, but they're in the wrong, not you. Don't pollute the JDK installation by putting stuff in the lib/ext (the bootstrap classloader) unless ABSOLUTELY necessary, and it's very rare that you ABSOLUTELY need the jakarta commons jars there. >Is there something I am doing wrong? (Besides having jars in my >Bootstrap loader?) >What can I do to make sure that whatever I have in my /WEB-INF/lib/ >directory takes >precedence? You're not doing anything wrong, your systems group is. You can't override the bootstrap classloader. Yoav Shapira This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
