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Shiva Kumar H R reopened GERONIMO-2503: --------------------------------------- Reopening as requested by Ashish. > Webapp classloader prefers WEB-INF/lib over WEB-INF/classes > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: GERONIMO-2503 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-2503 > Project: Geronimo > Issue Type: Bug > Security Level: public(Regular issues) > Components: web > Affects Versions: 1.1, 1.1.1 > Environment: windows and linux, jetty and tomcat > Reporter: Nikla Ratinen > Assignee: Rick McGuire > Fix For: 1.1.2, 1.2 > > Attachments: patch.txt, test.war > > > Application classloader looks in WAR's WEB-INF/lib before WEB-INF/classes. > This is in violation of servlet 2.4 (and 2.3) specification, 9.5 Directory > Structure, which states: > "TheWeb application class loader must load classes from the WEB-INF/ classes > directory first, and then from library JARs in the WEB-INF/lib directory." > This behaviour prevents web application from overriding classes and resources > from included libraries. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.