More acurately, $CATALINA_HOME/lib is the "shared" classloader (there is no $CATALINA_HOME/shared directory). It is the place to put shared jars that you don't want to be visible to the Catalina classloader.
I'm not sure whether "include $CATALINA_HOME/shared in the classpath" is referring to the JVM's classpath or that classes aren't visible to your web application. They won't appear on the JVM's classpath because Catalina builds the classloader hierarchy at startup. The JVM's classpath appears as part of the "system" classloader in the diagram shown on the document cited. Cheers, Larry > -----Original Message----- > From: Aditya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 3:52 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: $CATALINA_HOME/shared deprecated? [was Re: > NoClassDefFoundError With Tomcat 4.0.2 and Xalan 2.3.1] > > > 4.0.4-B2-01 doesn't seem to include $CATALINA_HOME/shared in > the classpath > however the documentation still says that that's the place to > put local, > shared jars: > > > http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-4.1-doc/class-loader-h > owto.html > > Thanks, > Adi > > On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 01:38:27PM -0400, Larry Isaacs wrote: > > Yes, it is a known issue for Tomcat 4.0.2 and 4.0.3. Putting > > the jars in $CATALINA_HOME/lib or $CATALINA_HOME/common/lib > > is the only workaround for these versions. To get the bugfix, > > you will need to upgrade to the nightly Tomcat 4.x or > > Tomcat 4.0.4-b1, or later. > > > > Cheers, > > Larry > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Bryan Joyner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 1:21 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: NoClassDefFoundError With Tomcat 4.0.2 and Xalan 2.3.1 > > > > > > > > > I'm getting a NoClassDefFoundError in a servlet when loading > > > javax.xml.transform.Source. Im using Tomcat 4.0.2 and Xalan 2.3.1. > > > xalan.jar and xml-apis.jar are both in my war file in the > WEB-INF/lib > > > directory. I have worked around the problem by putting > these jars in > > > the $CATALINA_HOME/lib. But I don't want to have to do > this. Is this a > > > known issues? > > > > > > Bryan Joyner > > > Sr. Software Engineer > > > ZixIt Corporation > > > > > > Office: (214) 370-2027 > > > Fax: (214) 370-2073 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To send email secure and certified, Just ZixIt!(tm) > > > zixmail(tm) is the most convenient way to add security to > > > your email. If > > > you would like to add privacy, security and certified > receipts to your > > > email, download zixmail(tm) from <http://www.zixmail.com>. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe: > <mailto:tomcat-user-> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > For > additional commands: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Troubles with the list: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Troubles with > the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -- > To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
