Yes. And I just deployed a war with my config to another server to double-check.
-----Original Message----- From: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 5:17 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: Classloading problem [eweber]$ jar tf $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/Foo.war . . . META-INF/context.xml META-INF/MANIFEST.MF . . . Right? Erik Ivan Vasquez wrote: >Erik, here goes my context.xml, Tomcat renames it the same as the app's >directory. I assume your Tomcat has autodeploy enabled. > ><!--By Ivan: WAR-contained Application Context--> ><!--Path defines the directory name created when war is deployed--> ><Context path="/nahrgisdev" docBase="nahrgisdev" debug="5" >reloadable="true" crossContext="true"> > <!--Development--> > <Resource name="jdbc/orcl" auth="Container" >type="javax.sql.DataSource"/> > > <ResourceParams name="jdbc/orcl"> > <parameter> > <name>factory</name> > <value>org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory</value> > </parameter> > <parameter> > <name>driverClassName</name> > <value>oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver</value> > </parameter> > <!--By Ivan: Parameters for RAC connection load balancing--> > <parameter> > <name>url</name> > ><value>jdbc:oracle:thin:@(DESCRIPTION=(LOAD_BALANCE=on)(ADDRESS=(PROTOC O >L=TCP)(HOST=node1)(PORT=1521))(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=node2)(PORT= 1 >521))(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=orcl)))</value> > </parameter> > <parameter> > <name>username</name> > <value>*****</value> > </parameter> > <parameter> > <name>password</name> > <value>*****</value> > </parameter> > <parameter> > <name>maxActive</name> > <value>10</value> > </parameter> > <parameter> > <name>maxIdle</name> > <value>10</value> > </parameter> > <parameter> > <name>maxWait</name> > <value>-1</value> > </parameter> > <parameter> > <name>removeAbandoned</name> > <value>true</value> > </parameter> > <parameter> > <name>removeAbandonedTimeout</name> > <value>60</value> > </parameter> > <parameter> > <name>logAbandoned</name> > <value>true</value> > </parameter> > </ResourceParams> ></Context> > >-----Original Message----- >From: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 4:30 PM >To: Struts Users Mailing List >Subject: Re: Classloading problem > >I have tried this repeatedly. I am using the same Foo.xml file that does > >work when placed in conf/Catalina/localhost/. I have tried with and >without the path and docBase attributes to the Context element. I have >renamed the file to context.xml and it is in META-INF in my war file. I >have also tried putting Foo.xml or context.xml within a >META-INF/context.xml/ *directory* as the documentation suggests. > >DBCP throws an Exception on startup that it cannot create a JDBC driver >of class '' for connect URL 'null'. I am supposing that the context file > >is never loaded. Also Tomcat creates a Foo.xml directory inside of >conf/Catalina/localhost with nothing in it. If I try restarting the >server, I also get a FileNotFoundException on Foo.xml, saying it "is a >directory" (good grief). I have tried hot deploy and deploying via the >manager web app as well. > >I basically observed the same behavior that Ivan described. > >I would love to see that example if you can find it. > >Erik > > >Kris Schneider wrote: > > > >>Hang on, my bad - it should be /META-INF/context.xml. So, rename >> >> >Foo.xml to be > > >>context.xml and place it in *META-INF*. >> >>Quoting Erik Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> >> >> >> >>>Kris, this is from context.html in the Tomcat 5 docs:* >>> >>>Please note that for tomcat 5.x, unlike tomcat 4.x, it is NOT >>>recommended to place <Context> elements directly in the server.xml >>>file.* Instead, put them in the META-INF/context.xml directory of your >>> >>> > > > >>>WAR file or the conf directory as described above. >>> >>>So here I am, stupidly trying to put my Foo.xml file within >>>/META-INF/context.xml/ (and various variations of that) of my web app. >>> >>>So should I rename Foo.xml to context.xml (I ask because in the conf >>>directory I have been naming it Foo.xml, not context.xml), and put it >>> >>> >in > > >>>*WEB-INF*? >>> >>>Could you show me where you found how to do this in the docs? Am I >>> >>> >just > > >>>completely misreading the above sentence? >>> >>>Thanks for your help, >>>Erik >>> >>> >>>Kris Schneider wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Can you provide some more detail on the problems you're running into >>>> >>>> >with > > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>using >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>WEB-INF? I've got a simple one lying around here somewhere... >>>> >>>>WEB-INF/context.xml: >>>>-------------------- >>>><Context path="/init"> >>>> <Loader delegate="false"/> >>>> <Manager pathname=""/> >>>></Context> >>>> >>>>Seems to work fine with TC 5... >>>> >>>>Quoting Erik Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Also, since you appear to be trying to follow the documenation, have >>>>> >>>>> >you > > >>>>>ever gotten a Context XML file placed within the META-INF directory >>>>> >>>>> >of > > >>>>>your web app to work? I can't get this to work (I have gotten them >>>>> >>>>> >to > > >>>>>work when placed in the conf directory -- though I had to learn the >>>>> >>>>> >hard > > >>>>>way to take write permissions away from Tomcat after it very rudely >>>>>deleted one). The documentation is confusing, and the example web >>>>> >>>>> >app > > >>>>>mysteriously does not include a Context XML file at all, despite >>>>> >>>>> >that > > >>>>>pretty much any serious web app is going to need one (unless you >>>>> >>>>> >declare > > >>>>>everything in server.xml). >>>>> >>>>>If you have an example of this working, please share it with me. >>>>> >>>>>Erik >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Ivan Vasquez wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Sure, in common/lib it works well. But from Tomcat docs: >>>>>>http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-5.0-doc/class-loader-howto . >>>>>> >>>>>> >html > > >>>>>>The following rules cover about 95% of the decisions that >>>>>> >>>>>> >application > > >>>>>>developers and deployers must make about where to place class and >>>>>>resource files to make them available to web applications: >>>>>> >>>>>> * 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. >>>>>> >>>>>>--Then goes on...--- >>>>>> >>>>>>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. All >>>>>> >>>>>> >unpacked > > >>>>>>classes and resources in $CATALINA_HOME/common/classes, as well as >>>>>>classes and resources in JAR files under the >>>>>>$CATALINA_HOME/commons/endorsed and $CATALINA_HOME/common/lib >>>>>>directories, are made visible through this class loader. >>>>>> >>>>>>Shared - This class loader is the place to put classes and >>>>>> >>>>>> >resources > > >>>>>>that you wish to share across ALL web applications (unless Tomcat >>>>>>internal classes also need access, in which case you should put >>>>>> >>>>>> >them in > > >>>>>>the Common class loader instead). All unpacked classes and >>>>>> >>>>>> >resources in > > >>>>>>$CATALINA_BASE/shared/classes, as well as classes and resources in >>>>>> >>>>>> >JAR > > >>>>>>files under $CATALINA_BASE/shared/lib, are made visible through >>>>>> >>>>>> >this > > >>>>>>class loader. >>>>>> >>>>>>---- >>>>>> >>>>>>In our case we want to share jars common to all applications, but >>>>>> >>>>>> >none > > >>>>>>of them are required by Tomcat. >>>>>> >>>>>>Ivan. >>>>>> >>>>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>>>From: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 12:52 PM >>>>>>To: Struts Users Mailing List >>>>>>Subject: Re: Classloading problem >>>>>> >>>>>>I have been using 5.0.27, putting my JDBC drivers in common/lib, >>>>>> >>>>>> >and my > > >>>>>>struts jars in WEB-INF/lib of each application, and haven't had any >>>>>> >>>>>> > > > >>>>>>problems. Why do you say "incorrectly"? >>>>>> >>>>>>Erik >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Ivan Vasquez wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>We have Tomcat 5.0.16 and were incorrectly placing common jars >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >(such as > > >>>>>>>JDBC drivers) in /common/lib. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Now we just moved them to /shared/lib (for truly common stuff) and >>>>>>>WEB-INF/lib, but now all applications complain giving a >>>>>>>java.lang.ClassNotFoundException, just like if things weren't in >>>>>>>Tomcat's classpath anymore. Apps and Tomcat restarts have been >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >done > > >>>>>>>several times. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Is there anything in web.xml, server.xml, etc that needs to be >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >set? > > >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>What >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>are we possibly missing? Tomcat docs are pretty straightforward >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >about > > >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>it >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>and everything seems right. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Once again, thanks in advance. >>>>>>>Ivan. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >> >> >> >> > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >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] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
