Followed your instructions - I'm back up and running the example
application. Whew! Now back to development! Many thanks!
I would rather be using Tomcat 3.2.1, and am caught between the
temptation of doing my own upgrade which I had working once before via
kitchen table surgery of the Tomcat Test Environment :-), and the
probably sensible idea of waiting until IBM does it. We'll see.
Hope I can return the favor sometime. Thanks again.
Tom Miller
"Brugge, John" wrote:
>
>
> Tom,
>
> We have Struts (Jan 16 build) and VAJ 3.5.2 working with the Tomcat
> Test Environment from IBM. It took a little while to figure out, but
> we seem to have a repeatable process now. We started with the
> "Mini-HOWTO" contributed by Nikolaus Rumm
> (http://kephera.dhs.org/services/vaj_jonas_struts_howto.htm) and
> tweaked it a bit, since we weren't using Jonas. I'll attach our notes
> that we kept on it if they provides any new insights for you.
>
> Note that we're not using vanilla Tomcat 3.2.1, but rather whatever
> version IBM packaged in their "Tomcat Test Environment" (which appears
> to be 3.2.x?). The installation of the TTE is much simpler than the
> process described by Sheldon Wosnick in his VAJ & Tomcat articles.
>
> Let me know if you still have any problems, or if the Word doc doesn't
> come through, and maybe I can help.
>
> John Brugge
> Senior Specialist, e-Commerce Solutions
> Compuware Corporation
> Madison, Wisconsin
> 608-223-3800
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <<VAJ_Struts.doc>>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Miller [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 2:43 PM
> To: struts-user
> Subject: Still need help with VAJ & Struts
>
> Struts Amigos
>
> I am still trying to work out a way to develop Struts
> applications
> within Visual Age for Java. (Feb. 19 Struts build, Tomcat 3.2.1,
> VAJ
> 3.5.2, see 'Problem w/ Struts and VA for Java' last Tuesday). I
> got some
> suggestions but have been unable to reproduce the results.
>
> I believe the problem has to do with the custom class loader
> mechanism
> of Tomcat which is used for individual web apps. Craig explained
> in
> "Classpaths and the "struts.jar" file (Feb. 13th (#4566)) why it
> is that
> struts.jar must be in WEB-INF/lib and NOT on the classpath at
> execution
> time. Classes visible on the CLASSPATH are loaded on by the
> system
> loader, and cannot find class for classes which are loaded
> earlier by
> the custom class loaders of the web apps.
>
> In trying to use VAJ, one would want all code (at least all
> Struts code
> (contents of struts.jar plus your application code)) in the IDE
> instead
> of in WEB-INF/lib. But that seems to put it effectively on the
> CLASSPATH, and thus loaded by the system loader (the IDE
> environment).
>
> It is not that hard to get Tomcat running from within VAJ, but
> when one
> trys to access a Struts web app, say the struts-example, the
> first
> bean:message tag throws a JSP exception, presumeably because it
> is
> looking for WEB-INF/lib/struts.jar, instead of the Struts code
> within
> the IDE.
>
> I'm not sure, but I have a feeling that the custom class loaders
> for web
> apps may pose a significant challenge to developing with Struts
> inside
> VAJ. I know my understanding and/or my VAJ setup are hosed
> somehow or
> other, and that is why I'm asking for help.
>
> --
> Tom Miller
> Miller Associates, Inc.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 641.469.3535 Phone
> 413.581.6326 FAX
>
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