Hi, Oh yeah, that reminds me, we might have a bug still present with classloading from shared/lib in 5.0.x. Try a much earlier version, e.g. 5.0.16, and let us know if that works.
Yoav Shapira Millennium Research Informatics >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 3:58 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: What is the difference in classloading between tomcat 4.1.x and >5.0.x > > >In a web application running under Tomcat, I have defined a filter in the >web.xml file. The filter is pointing to a class that is packed in a jar- >file, and the jar-file is kept in the $CATALINA_HOME/shared/lib directory. > >In Tomcat 4.1.x the application is working without any problems. When >trying to run the same application under Tomcat 5.0.28 a >java.lang.ClassNotFoundException is thrown. > >If the jar-file is placed in $CATALINA_HOME/common/lib, then the class is >found and the application runs without problem. > >The same issue appears when using Listeners in the web.xml file. > >I have also tried the same setup with 5.0.27 which leads to the same >result. > >What is it that has changed between 4.1x and 5.0.x, in regards to >classloading, in order to cause this problem ? > >Any help in understanding this problem is appreciated. >Regards >Erik > > > ********** stacktrace >****************************************************** >2004-09-01 17:35:07 >NamingContextListener[/Catalina/localhost/webdialInstance]: Resource >parameters for UserTransaction = null >2004-09-01 17:35:07 StandardContext[/webdialInstance]Exception starting >filter Compress >java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: >se.erit.web.servlet.filters.gzip.GZIPFilter > at >org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoade r.ja >va:1340) > at >org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoade r.ja >va:1189) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.getFilter(ApplicationF ilte >rConfig.java:211) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.setFilterDef(Applicati onFi >lterConfig.java:308) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.<init>(ApplicationFilt erCo >nfig.java:79) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart(StandardContext.ja va:3 >698) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:434 9) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.j ava: >823) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.access$000(ContainerBase.java:12 1) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$PrivilegedAddChild.run(Container Base >.java:143) > at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:805) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:595) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.addChild(StandardHostDepl oyer >.java:903) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at >sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.ja va:3 >9) > at >sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccesso rImp >l.java:25) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) > at >org.apache.commons.beanutils.MethodUtils.invokeMethod(MethodUtils.java: 216) > at org.apache.commons.digester.SetNextRule.end(SetNextRule.java:256) > at org.apache.commons.digester.Rule.end(Rule.java:276) > at >org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.endElement(Digester.java:1058) > at >org.apache.catalina.util.CatalinaDigester.endElement(CatalinaDigester.j ava: >76) > at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(Unknown >Source) > at >org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(Un know >n Source) > at >org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDi spat >cher.dispatch(Unknown Source) > at >org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unkn own >Source) > at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1567) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.install(StandardHostDeplo yer. >java:488) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.install(StandardHost.java:863) > at >org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.jav a:48 >3) > at >org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:427) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:983) > at >org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:3 49) > at >org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleS uppo >rt.java:119) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1091) > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:789) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1083) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:478) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:480 ) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2313) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:556) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at >sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.ja va:3 >9) > at >sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccesso rImp >l.java:25) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:287) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:425) > >*************** end of trace >*************************************************** > > > > >Erik Rosengren >ERIT Consulting AB >+46-70-7183333 >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.erit.se > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. 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