On Monday 08 November 2010 11:56:50 am firasarabo wrote: > Hi, > > all the necessary files are in the META-INF/cxf folder, that is why the > project works fine if I put the interact jar file in WEB-INF/lib directory > of the war file. the project gives the error I have posted only if I put > the jar file in an external folder outside of the war file. > > so the issue is not with a missing xml file or the structure of interact > jar file, the issue is with externalizing the jar file by not including it > in the war file instead puts it in an external folder that is in the class > path of the deployment. > > so the question really is why it behave differently? why do I need to put > interact.jar file in the lib direcotry of my war file for it to work? why I > can't put it in an external direcory? > > has anybody tried to externalize "cxf" jar files whether they are custom or > not?
Well, where are the "CXF" jars? Are they also external right next to your interact.jar? It's likely some sort of wacky classloader issue with tomcat (or whatever server you are using). Not really sure how to even debug that one. :-( -- Daniel Kulp [email protected] http://dankulp.com/blog
