Ok thanks, it's starting to become clearer now. The class file is in a jar file that lives in tomcat\shared\lib. I am guessing that these classes are loaded by a class loader further up the hierarchy described in the tomcat docs. I suppose in this instance there would only be one class loaded?
I guess if this is the case the only thing confusing me is why this class is actually loaded by tomcat when it doesn't have to be? Does the <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> tag not load a class specifically for this web app regardless of where the class file might be? Thanks for the help by the way. -----Original Message----- From: Mark Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 May 2008 12:25 To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Possible to assign different class loader for each web app with tomcat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks for the reply. > > To be honest I am not sure, both web apps are separated, have their > own web.xml files and also are accessed via different ports, however > as they are effectively the same application at different stages of > development they each need to load parameters in on start up to a > class that holds constant values. (I don't know if this is the best or > a good way to do it, its how it was done before I started). > > Here are some excerpts from the web.xml, the only difference in each > of the > 2 web apps web.xml is that they load a different value for the url > endpoint, as they point to different message handling development areas: > > <servlet-name>ConfigurationManager</servlet-name> > > <servlet-class>application.util.startup.ConfigurationManager</servlet- > class> > <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> > <init-param> > <param-name>MESSAGE.ENDPOINT</param-name> > > <param-value>http://192.168.28.193/router/SOAPEndpoint</param-value> > > </init-param> > </servlet> > > To be honest I am sure it's a lack of understanding on my part, but > that's something I want to correct! It all depends on where you put the .class file or the .jar that contains the .class file. With this information we should be able to help you fix this. Cheers, Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ********************************************************************** This message may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient please accept our apologies. Please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please inform us that this message has gone astray before deleting it. Thank you for your co-operation. NHSmail is used daily by over 100,000 staff in the NHS. Over a million messages are sent every day by the system. To find out why more and more NHS personnel are switching to this NHS Connecting for Health system please visit www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/nhsmail ********************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
