That worked. I created my valve as a single class and put it in server/classes. I kept my jar in common/lib. I tried inheriting from the valve in my jar and that didn't work, so i copied that code into a new package and it worked fine. It is still a bit mysterious and not ideal as installation requires a class put in server/classes as well as the jar in common/lib, but it will do. If there is a better way to do this let me know. Thanks for your help charles.
On 9/10/07, Caldarale, Charles R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Steve Souza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: classpath problems with a custom valve > > > > I get the following exception which seems odd as I saw the missing > class in > > catalina.jar and I compiled against it. > > Java classloading hierarchy is not bidirectional - classes can see only > up the tree (unless you're using reflection). For Tomcat 5.5, I think > you'll need to refactor your code, separating the valve and the part > needed by both the valve and the webapp. The jar containing valve > proper should be placed in server/lib, and the jar holding the common > bits into common/lib. > > If you moved up to Tomcat 6, the classloading hierarchy is much simpler; > your existing jar would just go into the single lib directory. > > - Chuck > > > THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY > MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you > received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail > and its attachments from all computers. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
