I've been running into this for a few releases now, but I haven't had time
to resolve it.
I'm developing a suite of web applications that share a common core. For
various reasons it is important that all of the apps within the suite
reference the core from the same classloader. All my reading has directed
me toward placing the core jar file in ${CATALINA_HOME}/shared/lib.
Unfortunately from release 4.1.x all the way up to 5.5.x the jar file seems
to be completely ignored when I place it in ${CATALINA_HOME}/shared/lib. On
the other hand everything works fine when I place it in
${CATALINA_HOME}/common/lib. Do I have to explicitly configure Tomcat to
look in ${CATALINA_HOME}/shared/lib?
Thanks in advance for your time.
-Sean
