I don't know if this will help you, but besides doing what the post suggests, I also had to put this:
<classloader>root</classloader> in one of my project.xml's <dependency> definitions to get the JAR to load in the same classpath as another JAR that used it. This behavior is supposed to be deprecated, but I couldn't figure out another way to get it to work. On Tue, 07 Sep 2004, at 14:07:18 [GMT -0600] Bill Dudney wrote: > Another bit of info that I noticed that I left out. The > ClassCastException happens in ant because the type and the tasks are > loaded by different classloaders. I'm assuming that is what is > happening here but being a maven nubie I'm not sure. > I read this post > http://maven.apache.org/faq.html#classloader-property > but I could not make sense of why my stuff is not working. Both try 1 > and try 2 below should be basically the same thing as what is described > in this post (AFAIK). Just for grins I rearranged everything to look > exactly like what's in that post and got the same exception. > Thanks again for any help. > -bd- > On Sep 7, 2004, at 1:19 PM, Bill Dudney wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am trying to define both a custom task and a custom type in a maven >> plugin.jelly file. >> >> I have tried many different combinations of {type/task}def but have >> not been able to get around the ClassCastException problem. >> >> first try; >> >> <ant:typedef resource="types.properties" >> classpathref="custom.classpath"/> >> <ant:taskdef resource="tasks.properties" >> classpathref="custom.classpath"/> >> >> second try >> >> <ant:typedef resource="types.properties" >> classpathref="custom.classpath" >> loaderRef="foo"/> >> <ant:taskdef resource="tasks.properties" >> classpathref="custom.classpath" >> loaderRef="foo"/> >> >> I also tried defining each task and type separately but same result. >> >> Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. >> >> TTFN, >> >> -bd- -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
