Sorry - you're right on the shared vs common. I put the jdbc drivers in common/lib as I access them via Tomcat's jndi - so Tomcat uses them. Is that correct for them????
Thanks - dave -----Original Message----- From: Mark Eggers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 4:19 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Where to place a common jar file? >From the Tomcat documetation: http://localhost:8080/tomcat-docs/class-loader-howto.html * For classes and resources specific to a particular web application, place unpacked classes and resources under /WEB-INF/classes of your web application archive, or place JAR files containing those classes and resources under /WEB-INF/lib of your web application archive. * For classes and resources that must be shared across all web applications, place unpacked classes and resources under $CATALINA_BASE/shared/classes, or place JAR files containing those classes and resources under $CATALINA_BASE/shared/lib. Further on down the page: Common - This class loader contains additional classes that are made visible to both Tomcat internal classes and to all web applications. Normally, application classes should NOT be placed here. /mde/ --- David Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shared jars can be placed in common/lib, but keep in > mind that all your > webapps will be locked to the same version of the > jar. It's better to > have a copy in the webapp instead where you'll have > more version > independence between wepapps. > > --David > > > David Thielen wrote: > > >Hi; > > > > > > > >If I have a jar file used by multiple servlets, > should I put it in > >${catalina}/common/lib or in > ${catalina}/webapps/${each_app}/WEB-INF/lib? __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
