> -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Ousley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 1:40 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: RE: placement of 3rd party class files > > > Is it wise to add directories under the /lib > directory? I'd like to keep the 3rd party classes > seperated from eachother. If I do this, how do I tell > tomcat/catalina where to find the class files? Isn't the > CLASSPATH variable ignored for .jsp pages?
You can't really do that. All of the JARs have to be directly in WEB-INF/lib. Don't JAR files already keep the 3rd party classes separated from each other? ;-) -- Tim Moore / Blackboard Inc. / Software Engineer 1899 L Street, NW / 5th Floor / Washington, DC 20036 Phone 202-463-4860 ext. 258 / Fax 202-463-4863 > > --- Filip Hanik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > just put them in the > > > > /WEB-INF/lib directory. > > > > your webapp has to have a WEB-INF directory, and > > under WEB-INF you have two directories > > /classes -- used for .class files > > /lib -- used for .jar files > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jeff Ousley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 10:29 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: placement of 3rd party class files > > > > > > Hello! > > > > Forgive my ignorance as I try to grasp the concepts > > involved in using tomcat. I'm still learning. > > > > My web application uses several beans which use 3rd > > party classes bundled in .jar files. Where should I > > place these? After reading the class loader doc, I'm > > still not clear? They will only be used by this > > webapp. > > > > First of all, when I compile my beans, javac needs > > to > > know where these .jar files reside. Secondly, when > > my > > .jsp page runs that uses the beans that use these > > 3rd > > part classes, the .jar files need to be found. > > > > So, what is the proper place to store these .jar > > files > > & how do I set the classpath so they can be found? I > > aplogize for the many questions. > > > > thanks! > > -jeff > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > > now. > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
