If what you are saying is true, then the Spring support in Axis2 has a serious flaw and needs to be fixed...
Andreas On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 16:02, robert lazarski <robertlazar...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 10:25 AM, sarcott <sarc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I tried this approach of making copies of the ApplicationContextHolder for >> every .AAR file and left the spring.jar and axis2-spring-1.4.1.jar in >> WEB-INF. I am still having the application context problem. The only way I >> was able to make the multiple aar files work was by moving the jar files in >> to the individual aar files. >> >> Has anyone had success with mutilple applicationContextHolder? The >> spring.jar is 2.81 mb and we will be duplicating it in all the .aar files . >> Is there any other way to avoid this and still have the applicationContext >> work. >> >> thanks, >> Sarcott >> > > Please read the manual carefully - when you say "The only way I > was able to make the multiple aar files work was by moving the jar files in > to the individual aar files" , that's the only way it can work. It > doesn't make sense - and its not supported - to have a completely > separate spring instance in each aar by using the same jar copy of > spring in WEB-INF. So yes, you do need multiple copies of the spring > jar in each war - that's the price you need to pay for it to work. > BTW, you may not need the full 2.8 mb spring jar - they ship smaller > jars supporting each feature set - ymmv. > > Best regards, > Robert >
