Eoin Woods wrote:
> To use Xerces in our servlets, we had to add "xerces.jar" to the front of
> the CLASSPATH in the tomcat.sh script.
Alternatively rename it to _xerces.jar and put it in the
$TOMCAT_HOME/lib directory. That way you wont have to change your
tomcat.sh
cheers
dim
>
> Eoin.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Lawlor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 7:20 AM
> To: Tomcat (E-mail)
> Subject: Finding the XML parser in Tomcat
>
> In my VisualAge Java development environemnt (jdk 1.2.2) I can say, for
> example,
>
> Parser parser =
> ParserFactory.makeParser("org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser");
>
> but when I deploy to a standalone Tomcat environment, I get a class not
> found on the parser name, even tho I put the jar in Tomcat's WEB-INF\lib
> directory.
>
> If I put the jar into jre\lib\ext, it is found, but having to put it there
> is more imposition on the user and requires extra work beyond normal web app
> deployment (just putting the WAR file in the webapps dir).
> Further, If I put the jar there, then programs that use the no parameter
> form
> Parser parser = ParserFactory.makeParser();
> then start to throw an error:
> Null Pointer Exception: sax.parser is null
> This can break other applications!
>
> Why will it not find the parser in the Tomcat WEB-INF\lib directory?
> Is this an XML, jdk, Tomcat issue or what?
> If I add the XML lib to jre\lib\ext, what/how system properties must be set?
>
> Thanks,
> -- Frank
>
> Frank Lawlor
> Athens Group, Inc.
> (512) 345-0600 x151
> Athens Group, an employee-owned consulting firm integrating technology
> strategy and software solutions.
