Right, a well formed web application is packaged with its dependent classes. Tomcat loads classes from either WEB-INF/classes folder or the lib folder in the form of a JAR for your webapp, or other places like common/lib and shared/lib. It does not use your system classpath.
The previous poster was absolutely right with his advice. You need to sort out your build environment. You can still have 1 source respository, but when you build (via Ant let's say since it's the most ubiquitous) you direct compiled classes into your 2 locations. You could perhaps wrap them in a JAR for Tomcat's purposes, it's up to you. Having the same classes twice is no bad thing - having source twice is. Allistair. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 01 March 2005 13:55 > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: Need access to classes outside Tomcat for JSPs > > > Do people read anymore? > > As previously stated in the original post, these classes need to be > available to other non-web, non TomCat applications. I do > not want to have > to maintain two different repositories. Also as previously > stated I have > the desired configuration running on another box but I cannot > duplicate the > setup on this box. > > If your only advice is to move them into TomCat, then please > don't even > bother replying. > > > At 08:21 AM 3/1/2005, David wrote: > >Why do you want your classes outside of Tomcat? Copy the > classes to your > >project when you build and eliminate the dependency. Or > better yet, use a > >build environment like Ant to do the copying for you. As a > bonus, it'll > >catch errors before you get to production and the webapp > will be more portable. > > > >--David > > > >Dan wrote: > > > >>Classpath problem. Really frustrating. > >> > >>I'm trying to duplicate a setup on system A to system B and > can't get it > >>working. My problem is when I access the JSP page, Tomcat > complains of a > >>ClassNotFound exception. This happens with all of my > custom classes. If > >>I create a simple JSP page with no custom classes the JSP > compiles fine. > >> > >>When I manually execute the class via "java > com.xxx.MyClass" it responds > >>appropriately (my environment's CLASSPATH includes the > custom library paths). > >> > >>My custom classes live outside of the Tomcat directory (see below) > >>because I use these classes in other non-web based > applications, so they > >>need to be available system wide. > >> > >>I have melted my brain today trying to figure out why > system A works with > >>this configuration but system B gives me the ClassNotFound > exception. I > >>have even copied my entire Tomcat directory from system A > to system B > >>with no change. I thought perhaps I was starting the service with > >>additional parameters but I don't see any in the registry settings. > >> > >> > >>Does anyone have an educated guess as to why I can't get > this thing to > >>work the way it's working on the other system and/or how I > can get this > >>working with my custom classes OUTSIDE of Tomcat. > >> > >> > >> > >>Win2K SP4 > >>Tomcat v5.0.27 as NT Service > >> > >>e:\java\tomcat > >>e:\java\sdk (JDK 1.4.2) > >>e:\java\library\custom\ (custom libraries) > >>e:\java\library\basic (libraries from other sources) > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="VERDANA,ARIAL" COLOR=BLUE> ------------------------------------------------------- QAS Ltd. Developers of QuickAddress Software <a href="http://www.qas.com";>www.qas.com</a> Registered in England: No 2582055 Registered in Australia: No 082 851 474 ------------------------------------------------------- </FONT> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
