Ah ha! It would seem my understanding of how file inclusion / dependancies / etc works with java and tomcat is slightly lacking!
I had multiple instances of the jars all over the place assuming that somewhere in the local/global class path they would be included correctly - this was what caused the problem. Many thanks jayachandra - it's all good now! Kee On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:37:19 +0530, jayachandra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Kee! > Best bet is to have all the jars in axis/web-inf/lib directory rather > than in common/lib > > Then you shouldn't be getting any such errors. > > HTH, > jayachandra > > On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 06:58:49 +0100, Keeran Hawoldar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Update: > > > > > > In the tomcat logs the root cause is: > > > > === > > ----- Root Cause ----- > > java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError > > at org.apache.commons.discovery.jdk.JDKHooks.<clinit>(JDKHooks.java:75) > > === > > > > caused by: > > > > === > > Caused by: java.security.AccessControlException: access denied > > (java.lang.RuntimePermission createClassLoader) > > at > > java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java:269) > > === > > > > I have checked and updated file permissions throughout the tomcat > > directory structures without any luck :/ > > > > IS there something obvious I am missing here? > > > > Kee > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 20:52:35 +0100, Keeran Hawoldar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Tami, > > > > > > Thanks for the response - I did have problems earlier in the > > > installation that called out for activation.jar so I downloaded that > > > from sun.com and put it in common/lib. That took the core errors down > > > from 2 to 1, still leaving the problem with axis.jar. > > > > > > Keeran > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 13:48:18 -0600, Tami Wright > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Keeran, > > > > > > > > Try putting activation.jar in the same directory (common/lib). > > > > > > > > Tami > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Keeran Hawoldar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 1:33 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Installation troubles > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I've been searching through the user archives for a solution to my > > > > problem but haven't found anything so I hope you don't mind me mailing > > > > this out. > > > > > > > > I have put the axis webapp into the webapps dir of my tomcat > > > > installation (tomcat4 debian package). I copied all of the jars from the > > > > axis package into /tomcatroot/common/lib as I wasn't sure what was going > > > > on with happyaxis.jsp. > > > > > > > > The happyaxis jsp reports the following: > > > > > > > > === > > > > Found SAAJ API (javax.xml.soap.SOAPMessage) at an unknown location Found > > > > JAX-RPC API (javax.xml.rpc.Service) at an unknown location > > > > > > > > Error: could not find a dependency of class > > > > org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet from file axis.jar Axis will > > > > not work See http://xml.apache.org/axis/ The root cause was: null This > > > > can happen e.g. if org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet is in the > > > > 'common' classpath, but a dependency like activation.jar is only in the > > > > webapp classpath. > > > > > > > > Found Jakarta-Commons Discovery > > > > (org.apache.commons.discovery.Resource) at an unknown location Found > > > > Jakarta-Commons Logging (org.apache.commons.logging.Log) at an unknown > > > > location Found Log4j (org.apache.log4j.Layout) at an unknown location > > > > Found IBM's WSDL4Java (com.ibm.wsdl.factory.WSDLFactoryImpl) at an > > > > unknown location Found JAXP implementation > > > > (javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory) at an unknown location Found > > > > Activation API (javax.activation.DataHandler) at an unknown location === > > > > > > > > axis.jar seems to be in the correct location (ie, from default > > > > distribution as well as /common/lib) > > > > > > > > In the tomcat localhost logs there is a stack trace starting with : > > > > > > > > === > > > > 2004-09-27 19:15:25 StandardContext[/axis]: Servlet /axis threw load() > > > > exception > > > > javax.servlet.ServletException: Error instantiating servlet class > > > > org.apache.axis.transport.http.AdminServlet > > > > === > > > > > > > > I'm not sure where to start hunting for the cause of this problem - > > > > please could someone help? > > > > > > > > Many thanks, > > > > > > > > Keeran > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > -- Jaya >
