It sounds like Struts (like many projects from jakarta) has broken classloading. You can print out the current classloader in Orion from any class to see what paths are included. These consist of:
paths specified in orion-application.xml via <library path="lib" /> jar/zip files in orion/lib jar/zip files in mywebapp/WEB-INF/lib or if your app is packed into a .ear, Class-Path entries in MANIFEST.MF On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Perry Hoekstra wrote: > What is the correct placement of supporting libraries for an application > within Orion? We are running into continual class loader issues no > matter where we place them. > > We have tried: > > - The approved J2EE blueprints location which is WEB-INF/lib. This > works fine in Tomcat, however, I get a ClassNotFound exception a Struts > class (the Struts ActionHome class). > > - Orion directed path which is a lib directory at the base of the .ear > file. This I tried based on messages from the Orion mailing list and > the Elephantwalker support site. My libraries were document in the > "orion-application.xml" configuration file in the <library> tag. This > causes intermittant class loader issues. The first form which is > derived from a Struts ActionForm comes up fine but the next form throws > a ClassNotFound exception. In addition, Struts tags (ie. the ErrorTag) > is not found when the page that has that tag is accessed. > > - Placing libraries on the classpath for Orion server startup. Again, > problems with ClassNotFound exceptions. > > I grant you, all of this issues seem to resolve around the Struts > framework. Is anyone aware of a problem revolving around Struts and > Orion specially dealing with classloader issues? On the Struts site, > the only issues it documents have to deal with an old version of Orion > (1.0.3) I think. > > BTW, I have these problems using 1.5.2 and 1.5.3 on Solaris 2.8, Linux > RH 7.1, Windows NT 4.0sp6, and Windows 2000. So I know that it is not > an OS-specific problem. > > At this point, I am at a loss... Thoughts, ideas??? > >
