In that case you can use tomcat 3.x, it does allow your servlets to be int he global classpath, but there are potential hazards involved. For instance you wont be able to have them reloaded dynamically.
hth cheesr dim On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Firestar wrote: > Hi Dmitri, thanks for yr patience. > > I guess we have no choice but to stick with JRun for > the moment (until we sort out our own classes > deployment internally), as it allows us the > 'flexibility' to break the rule:) > > Regards, > Firestar > > --- Dmitri Colebatch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > yeah, that doesn't surprise me... the reason that > > tomcat 4 ignores your > > classpath is that it causes all sorts of problems. > > seriously, the spec > > outlines how things are suppose to happen, and my > > best advice would be to > > put your servlets in web-inf/classes (or lib). > > > > alternatively, you'd need to have a good explanation > > from someone who > > fully understands the class loading mechanism of > > catalina... I could take > > a few guesses, but wont. I also think that someone > > who does fully > > understand it will simply repeat the above > > advice.... > > > > so, cd /myservletclasses; jar cf myservlets.jar * > > > > (o: > > > > cheers > > dim > > > > On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Firestar wrote: > > > > > Hi Dmitri, thanks for your quick reply. > > > > > > I have tried adding the classpath to my servlets > > to > > > catalina.bat, but it throw a javax.http.servlet > > class > > > not found exception. It will works OK if i do not > > add > > > in the classpath. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Firestar > > > > > > > > Is this possible in TC? I know in JRun it is > > > > possible > > > > > to do so by specifying the classpath to my > > > > servlets in > > > > > the configuration file. > > > > Anything's possible.... the simplest way is to > > > > change the catalina.sh to > > > > include your classpath, but this is plain > > _wrong_, > > > > what you would be > > > > better off doing is changing your build/deploy > > > > process so that you have a > > > > properly structured webapp. > > > > > > > > for more info check out > > > > http://java.sun.com/products/servlets > > > > > > > > cheers > > > > dim > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web > > site hosting, just $8.95/month. > > > http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. > http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 >
