I'm also having problems with WEB-INF/lib. At the time the JSP is compiled, it
seems that the Java compiler doesn't use WEB-INF/lib. What can be done about
this?
Thanks,
Noel
hi,
There are three basic areas that classes can be put in tomcat:
WEB-INF/classes
- contains all the classes that form the web application
WEB-INF/lib
- contains jars that the web application uses
TOMCAT_HOME/lib
- contains jars that are available to _all_ applications using tomcat
> because i put all the package (com.oreilly.servlet.*) in the same directory
> with the servlet (under web-inf/classes/ com/servlet/ directory)
if it is the package com.oreilly.servlet then it should go in
WEB-INF/classes/com/oreilly/servlet - even better, I assume you got it as
a jar, just put the jar in WEB-INF/lib . If it is a zip, then rename it
to a jar.
> i tried putting the cos.jar file in the web-inf/lib directory, it didn't
> work
what do you mean it didn't work? try jar -tf cos.jar to check that the
classes are in the jar. I assume you are importing the required classes
and that they exist in the jar.
> in put these files directly under the web-inf/classes/ directory , it
> didn't work either
again, should be according to package
> then i added the full path <tomcat_home>/lib/cos.jar, to the classpath,
> didn't work either.
I'm not sure why that didn't work - although if you put cos.jar in the
classpath it _should_ be available to all web applications.
> well, i gave up, i just wanted to learn the LOGICAL way to set the classpath
> up.
you dont need to set the classpath yourself. just put your jars in
WEB-INF/lib and your classes in WEB-INF/classes
hth, cheers
dim
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