Howdy, FYI, we use a newer version of xerces than what's included with tomcat, we put it in WEB-INF/lib, and it gets loaded for us. Older, I've never tried.
Yoav Shapira Millennium ChemInformatics >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 1:04 PM >To: Tomcat Users List >Subject: Re: Using older Xerces JAR > >I see that Tomcat has it's own Xerces JAR files (xercesImpl.jar and >xmlParserAPIs.jar) in the $CATALINA_HOME/common/endorsed directory. >It does not seem like a good idea to *replace* those files with my own. >The documentation at >http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-4.1-doc/class-loader-howto.html >says: >"xerces.jar - The XML parser that is visible by default to Tomcat internal >classes and to web applications. This can be overridden, for a particular >web application, by including your desired parser in /WEB-INF/lib." > >I am trying to use my old xerces.jar file in <webapp>/WEB-INF/lib but it >does not get loaded. It looks like the classes in common/endorsed are >used. >The XMLParser class is in the org.apache.xerces.parsers in the Tomcat >xercesImpl.jar file but is in the org.apache.xerces.framework package in >Xerces 1.4.4. This seems to be the cause of the VerifyError. > >Is there any way I can use my old Xerces 1.4.4 JAR file for only this >application? > >Is this another documentation bug or am I reading it wrong? >Please help! These documentation bugs are driving me nuts! > >Thanks. > > >At 02:08 PM 4/3/2003 +0200, xyber wrote: >>tomcat version 4.1 has his own xerces.jar (and xercesImpl), which is >xerces 2. >>your app is maybe use a xerces1-only function. >> >>replace tomcat's xerces.jar with own old >> >>xyb >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>>I have an XML parsing application that was working fine using Tomcat >>>3.2.4 in-process with Apache. >>>The app. consists of a servlet that receives XML data, parses it and then >>>generates an XML response. >>>I had Xerces version 1.4.4 specified in the in-process classpath in >>>workers.properties. >>> >>>I have moved to Tomcat 4.1.24 out-of-process and my XML parsing app. no >>>longer works. >>>I get a VerifyError each time I try to use the >>>setErrorHandler(org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler) method. >>> >>>I have the same Xerces 1.4.4 JAR file in my <webapp>/WEB-INF/lib >>>directory but I'm not sure if it is being loaded. >>> >>>I am using JSDK 1.3. >>> >>>I am stumped by this VerifyError so any help is *greatly* appreciated. >>> >>>Thanks. > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
