Tomcat has its own ClassLoader implementations (in 3.2,
org.apache.tomcat.loader.*) which can pull the classes from the webapps
directory. Look up java.lang.ClassLoader for more info.
-- Bill K.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dalia, Keith A - TOS-DITT1 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 10:56 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Classpath Question
>
>
> I have a question about how the dynamic class path is set
> based upon the
> .war file. I know that whatever classpath is set prior to
> tomcat startup is
> appended to the classpath in the startup.bat. Furthermore,
> whatever .jar
> files that reside in tomcat_home\lib are also dynamically added to the
> classpath and tomcat_home\classes is also put on the
> classpath. I have
> verifed this by call a
> System.getProperty("java.class.path") from a servlet. What I
> don't fully
> understand is how the contents of the .war files \lib path are seen by
> tomcat since they don't appear when I call
> System.getProperty("java.class.path"). I would really
> appreicate a bit of
> clarity on this.
>
>
> TIA, Keith
>
