Yep, I gathered that. Note that the class loader is retrieved with: ClassLoader loader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
I am guessing that the GUI thread does not have the application classpath. The question is, how to give it. At runtime, I know exactly where all these jar file are. Skip -----Original Message----- From: BJ Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 1:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Stumped on a complicated question would seem you don't have a classpath to the service engine. [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent the following on 9/27/2007 10:30 PM: > I am getting the following error: > > java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: > org.ofbiz.service.engine.StandardJavaEngine > > On this line 81 of > org.ofbiz.service.engine.GenericEngineFactory.getGenericEngine: > > Class c = loader.loadClass(className); > > > I am running ofbiz as a standalone app, similiar to java ofbiz.jar -pos > > I don't get this problem when I run Ofbiz normally using the same "login" > service. > > Somehow, it appears as if ofbiz-service.jar is not on the class path or > cannot be accessed. I even went so far as to copy it into my lib directory > with my jar file where it is referenced by my ofbiz-component.xml as: > > <classpath type="jar" location="dist/*"/> > <classpath type="jar" location="dist/lib/*"/> > > No joy. I am referencing lots of other Ofbiz jar files and they all load > just fine, for example ofbiz-base.jar, ofbiz-security.jar, and > ofbiz-party.jar. For some reason, the class loader will not load the > service engine. I only get a problem when I try to call a service with > "dispatcher.runSync()". I have been successfully reading and writing the > the database via GenericDelegator without problem. Just when I try to run a > service. > > This is running under windows, jdk 1.5 and the Ofbiz version of a week ago. > > For completeness, here is my containers.xml file: > > <ofbiz-containers xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > > xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://www.ofbiz.org/dtds/ofbiz-containers.xs > d"> > <!-- load the ofbiz component container (always first) --> > <container name="component-container" > class="org.ofbiz.base.container.ComponentContainer"/> > > <!-- load the cached classloader container (always second) --> > <container name="classloader-container" > class="org.ofbiz.base.container.ClassLoaderContainer"/> > > <!-- load the FS Sales Order Entry GUI --> > <container name="fssoe-container" class="com.fs.FSSoeContainer"> > <property name="startup-directory" > value="/specialpurpose/fs/config/"/> > <property name="dispatcher-name" value="FSSoeDispatcher"/> > <property name="delegator-name" value="default"/> > </container> > > </ofbiz-containers> > > Anyone have a clue. I'd hate to do this thing entirely without using the > Ofbiz services. > > Skip > > > > >
