I belive soft links are disabled(soon to be optional) in 4.1.x. I fyou want class files in your own directory, you will need your own classloader. What's wrong with the WEB-INF/classes?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Anand Sharma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 7:27 PM > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > Subject: RE: override the class location of WEB-INF? > > > I am not sure if I understand the comment made below. Anyway, > from what > I understand, you cannot do this as you would be violating > the J2EE spec > which says that classes should be in > <WEBAPPS_ROOT>/<your-app-name>/WEB-INF/classes or > <WEBAPPS_ROOT>/<your-app-name>/WEB-INF/lib. > > If you want it under "/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/myapp/MYCLASSES/", you > can always play with soft links in Unix and shortcuts in Windows. > > Hope this helps. > > Anand > > ------------------------------------------- > Anand Sharma > Global AS-IT Support team > Cisco Systems > 408.525.7080 > http://asitzone.cisco.com > > "When in doubt, follow your heart" > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Payne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 3:36 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: RE: override the class location of WEB-INF? > > > I believe as long as your class begins with "package > com.companyname.util.Helper" it does not matter where the file > physically resides. > > -Dan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Tomsic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 5:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: override the class location of WEB-INF? > > > Is it possible to override the location of where the > class files reside for Tomcat4.1.10 ? > > for instance, I'd like to (from a JSP page) > > call a useBean on "com.companyname.util.Helper" > > but I'd like Helper.class > to reside in > /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/myapp/MYCLASSES/com/companyname/util > /Helper.cl > ass > > is this possible? > > thanks, > Paul > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
