I sent one through, but it has not come in yet (copied below) ... > Right, a well formed web application is packaged with its > dependent classes. Tomcat loads classes from either > WEB-INF/classes folder or the lib folder in the form of a JAR > for your webapp, or other places like common/lib and > shared/lib. It does not use your system classpath. > > The previous poster was absolutely right with his advice. You > need to sort out your build environment. You can still have 1 > source respository, but when you build (via Ant let's say > since it's the most ubiquitous) you direct compiled classes > into your 2 locations. You could perhaps wrap them in a JAR > for Tomcat's purposes, it's up to you. > > Having the same classes twice is no bad thing - having source > twice is.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Matt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 01 March 2005 14:15 > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: RE: Need access to classes outside Tomcat for JSPs > > > Everybody take it easy. We've all at least "thought" what > Dan posted, at > one time or another, especially when dealing with Tomcat documentation > (official or otherwise) and the pro-this or pro-that solution folks. > There's no need to escalate this into a flame war. > > I only wish I was far enough along to help, but I've only > gotten Tomcat > to recognize webapps (well, really just JSP files, but that's > b/c of my > inexperience and lack of time right now) outside of > $CATALINA_HOME. I DO > HOWEVER, suspect that a solution is to be had somewhere in > your web.xml > file (as opposed to server.xml, which is not as fine-tuned for your > needs), but these are guesses. So, assuming you're under > other pressures, > as most of us are, and not just being rude for rudeness' > sake, does anyone > have a clue how to do this without throwing the baby out with the bath > water as the first reply suggested? > > Think community, > -Matt > > > On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Allistair Crossley wrote: > > > 1. Yes people do read, and offer advice based on whether a) > they can and b) how rude the poster is. You fall into (b) > right now, so good luck. > > > > 2. Tomcat, not TomCat. > > > > 3. This is a voluntary user list and you should not > "expect" to receive help as you seem to. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Dan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 01 March 2005 13:55 > > > To: Tomcat Users List > > > Subject: Re: Need access to classes outside Tomcat for JSPs > > > > > > > > > Do people read anymore? > > > > > > As previously stated in the original post, these classes > need to be > > > available to other non-web, non TomCat applications. I do > > > not want to have > > > to maintain two different repositories. Also as previously > > > stated I have > > > the desired configuration running on another box but I cannot > > > duplicate the > > > setup on this box. > > > > > > If your only advice is to move them into TomCat, then please > > > don't even > > > bother replying. > > > > > > > > > At 08:21 AM 3/1/2005, David wrote: > > > >Why do you want your classes outside of Tomcat? Copy the > > > classes to your > > > >project when you build and eliminate the dependency. Or > > > better yet, use a > > > >build environment like Ant to do the copying for you. As a > > > bonus, it'll > > > >catch errors before you get to production and the webapp > > > will be more portable. > > > > > > > >--David > > > > > > > >Dan wrote: > > > > > > > >>Classpath problem. Really frustrating. > > > >> > > > >>I'm trying to duplicate a setup on system A to system B and > > > can't get it > > > >>working. My problem is when I access the JSP page, Tomcat > > > complains of a > > > >>ClassNotFound exception. This happens with all of my > > > custom classes. If > > > >>I create a simple JSP page with no custom classes the JSP > > > compiles fine. > > > >> > > > >>When I manually execute the class via "java > > > com.xxx.MyClass" it responds > > > >>appropriately (my environment's CLASSPATH includes the > > > custom library paths). > > > >> > > > >>My custom classes live outside of the Tomcat directory > (see below) > > > >>because I use these classes in other non-web based > > > applications, so they > > > >>need to be available system wide. > > > >> > > > >>I have melted my brain today trying to figure out why > > > system A works with > > > >>this configuration but system B gives me the ClassNotFound > > > exception. I > > > >>have even copied my entire Tomcat directory from system A > > > to system B > > > >>with no change. I thought perhaps I was starting the > service with > > > >>additional parameters but I don't see any in the > registry settings. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>Does anyone have an educated guess as to why I can't get > > > this thing to > > > >>work the way it's working on the other system and/or how I > > > can get this > > > >>working with my custom classes OUTSIDE of Tomcat. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>Win2K SP4 > > > >>Tomcat v5.0.27 as NT Service > > > >> > > > >>e:\java\tomcat > > > >>e:\java\sdk (JDK 1.4.2) > > > >>e:\java\library\custom\ (custom libraries) > > > >>e:\java\library\basic (libraries from other sources) > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="VERDANA,ARIAL" COLOR=BLUE> > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > QAS Ltd. > > Developers of QuickAddress Software > > <a href="http://www.qas.com";>www.qas.com</a> > > Registered in England: No 2582055 > > Registered in Australia: No 082 851 474 > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > </FONT> > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Matthew Kozak > Rutgers University-Camden > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ************************************************************** > ************ > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Ben Franklin > ************************************************************** > ************ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
