package not found for docBase outside tomcat/webapp

[Affan Qureshi]

I am using Tomcat 4.1 on Win2k.

If I place my web application outside ${Tomcat_Home}\webapps the package for my 
classes (placed in WEB-INF\classes) is not recognized. Even the jar file's package in 
the lib dir of my web application is not recognized. If I copy the same dir into the 
webapps directory the problem is solved. Has anyone else also experienced this problem?

Thanks.