If WebLogic 6.1 behaves differently then it's another spec violation ;)
Jon
Justin Ruthenbeck wrote:
To you (the end-user), there's no purpose for it other than convenience. One thing to keep in mind is that classes in the /classes directory take precedence over those in jars found in the /lib directory (in Tomcat -- is this a spec thing? I'm assuming not as WL61 at lease doesn't do this), which is an important distinction that makes the difference more useful.
As for why it's useful, if you're developing an app and are constantly compiling and testing, why should you have to jar them up each time you compile the classes? Just stick them in the /classes dir. On the other hand, releasing and versioning code is much easier as a jar. Give people flexibility and they'll come up with new and wonderous things...
justin
At 05:45 PM 3/1/2004, you wrote:
This is not a question to fix a problem other then one in my head. I am not sure what the difference is putting a jar in a \WEB-INF\lib and setting up a \WEB-INF\classes. Since a jar usually just includes class files if we put a jar in the webapp's \WEB-INF\lib what would be the purpose of setting the tree of classes expanded in WEB-INF\classes?
Let me give an example. In Tomcat 4.1.30 there is a server folder. Under this exists webapps. And then under this are two folders admin and manager. Looking at the admin webapp you will find its WEB-INF and under that it has a lib and a classes folder. The lib folder contains just one jar, ie: struts.jar. But the classes folder contains the tree of what looks to me is the structure of a jar ie; org | apache | webapp | admin| ... I am not sure if this is just an expanded struts.jar but it looks to be. If not struts.jar then likely some other jar.
So my question is what is the purpose of having an extracted jar structure under a classes folder? I have made my own webapp but I do not have a classes folder under that because I have yet to come across the purpose of when it is necessary? Thanks.
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