Hello,
thanks for the information. Since I am not an experienced Java
programmer the singleton concept was new to me. But there are still a
couple of questions left.
How do I call the native method in the servlet. Can I use the
Class.forName() method or do I have create an instance of the
singleton.
Furthermore you say that:
> keep in mind that this singleton will not
> be able to reference any classes you have in any webapp, only the
classes in
> \common\classes(or lib).
Since I am only using the singleton to load a native library this
should not pose any problems. Or are there any cases where I have to
keep this in mind?
Thank you in advance
Andreas
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> each webapp gets its own classloader. Therefore each
> static(block,class,method,etc) is loaded in EACH classloader and is
'static'
> only within that classloader. So when your library is loaded from a
servlet
> located in web-inf/lib(or classes), it is loaded for each webapp
that
> contains that .class file. But since native libraries can only be
loaded
> once, when it tries to load a second time you get the error.
>
> I believe the class loader is removed and replaced with a new one
upon
> reload. Since the old classloader loaded the native library, when
the new
> one tries to reload your updated class, it fails because the library
is
> already loaded.(A native library can only be loaded once in a jvm)
>
> When you put the class that loads the library into \common\lib, then
it is
> loaded at tomcat startup, and the class is not unloaded until
shutdown.
> Classes in common\lib are available as one instance to all tomcat
webapps in
> all virtual hosts.
>
> So if you wrap your loadlibrary in a singleton class that is located
in
> \common\classes, you can instantiate that class as many times as you
need
> to, but it only gets loaded once. keep in mind that this singleton
will not
> be able to reference any classes you have in any webapp, only the
classes in
> \common\classes(or lib).
>
> this is the way that I load my library:
> public class MySingleton
> {
> static private MySingleton m_mySingleton = null;
>
> /** private constructor to enforce singleton use. */
> private MySingleton()
> {
> }
>
> static private void createInstance()
> {
> if (m_mySingleton == null)
> {
> m_mySingleton = new MySingleton();
> System.loadLibrary("mylibrary");
> }
> }
> }
>
> Charlie
>
> >
> > Andreas
> >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Andreas Hirner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 7:41 AM
> > > > To: Tomcat Users List
> > > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: Re: Native library cannot be loaded twice
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > > A bit off-topic (this goes into native programming), but
there
> > is
> > > > something
> > > > > whirling through my head:
> > > > >
> > > > > Static classes/members are instantiated once. But what
happens
> > if
> > > > multiple
> > > > > classloaders are used? Such as you have this one class
static
> > but
> > > > use it in
> > > > > several web applications?
> > > > >
> > > > > Seems like it MUST reside in common/lib instead of
> > > > webapp/*/web-inf/lib?
> > > > >
> > > > > Hiran
> > > >
> > > > This is where my problem is. I was developing a servlet, which
> > loaded
> > > > a native library and subsequently called some native
functions.
> > > > Everything was working fine, but whenever I made changes to
the
> > > > servlet and reloaded the application with the manager/relaod
call
> > the
> > > > native library was instanciated a second time and crashed. I
had
> > to
> > > > stop and restart tomcat in order to see any changes made to
the
> > > > servlet.
> > > >
> > > > So I wrote and compiled a class called InitMapserver, which
looks
> > like
> > > > that:
> > > >
> > > > public class InitMapserver
> > > > {
> > > >
> > > > static {
> > > > try {
> > > > System.loadLibrary("mapscript");
> > > > System.err.println("libmapscript.so loaded");
> > > > } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
> > > > System.err.println("libmapscript.so not loaded: " + e);
> > > > }
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > and put it into the common/classes directory. Then I try to
load
> > this
> > > > class in a servlet
> > > > doing:
> > > >
> > > > public void init(ServletConfig config) throws
ServletException
> > > > {
> > > > try
> > > > {
> > > > Class.forName("InitMapserver");
> > > > } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
> > > > file://throw new ServletException(ex.getMessage() +
"Class
> > > > InitMapserver not found");
> > > > System.err.println(ex.getMessage() + "Class InitMapserver
not
> > > > found");
> > > > }
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > Unfortunately this does not work. Any suggestions???
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Andreas
> > > >
> > > > > > > Concerning the JDK documentation a native lib should be
> > loaded
> > > > in a
> > > > > > static
> > > > > > > scope. Static resources are processed differently,
because
> > the
> > > > > > runtime
> > > > > > > systems has to initialize all static resources at the
> > beginning.
> > > > > > After that
> > > > > > > the runtime system tries to initialize objects and these
> > objects
> > > > > > can - of
> > > > > > > course - use all static resources.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > A look into your code (InitMapserver) shows, that the
> > runtime
> > > > system
> > > > > > cannot
> > > > > > > initialize the static resource in the common way,
because it
> > > > first
> > > > > > must
> > > > > > > generate an object and this object contains code for
doing
> > some
> > > > > > static
> > > > > > > stuff. Maybe this is the reason for the strange
behavior.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am sorry, but I am not a skilled Java Programmer and I
don't
> > > > quite
> > > > > > understand what you mean. Can you try to explain it more
> > > > explicitly or
> > > > > > give some examples. I hope I am not asking to much....
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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