*sigh* it just had to be something simple, didn't it? Even right in front of me with the http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/class-loader-howto.html page that someone suggested earlier. I put freemarker in the tomcat/shared/lib directory and all is well. I am having serious issues grasping this classloader thing, apparently =)
Thanks for the help, all! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Funk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <users@tomcat.apache.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 9:01 PM Subject: Re: Question concerning java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/ServletContext > BINGO!!!!! > > freemarker.jar does not belong in the system classloader. It belongs in > WEB-INF/lib. > > [ Quick rule of thumb - putting a lib in java/lib/ext will cause problems 99% > of the time. ] > > -Tim > > John Poley wrote: > > And as for me, since we seem to be having similar issues, I cut out eclipse > > all together, worried that somehow it was cause some kind of issue. I have > > a .war file that was was exported by a colleague who is running the same > > .war within tomcat and having no trouble at all with it. I copy that .war > > file into the webapps directory of a freshly installed tomcat where I have > > changed no settings. I start tomcat, and then open a browser to either the > > simple HelloServlet file he included in the .war as a test or the actual > > servlet we are preparing- in both cases I get this same > > NoClassDefFoundError. I do not have j2ee on this system, and I have run a > > complete search for servlet.jar and j2ee.jar files in the hard drive and > > found none other than servlet-api.jar that lies within tomcat/common/lib. > > I am using a newly installed J2SE, JDK 5.0 Update 6, with no other java > > libraries installed. The only files I have added to java/lib/ext are > > freemarker.jar and and a mysql-connector jar. > > Am I missing something somewhere? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
