Ingolf- If you desire to load your own XML Parser you can use the *endorsed* mechanism by starting TOMCAT specifying the new endorsed dir e.g -Djava.endorsed.dirs=$CATALINA_HOME/endorsed
*Other list members will be able to provide more assistance* Martin- ---- Original Message ----- From: "Ingolf Knopf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <users@tomcat.apache.org> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 8:28 AM Subject: Can I install own JAR-Files of my application outside WEB-INF/lib with Tomcat 6? > Problem: Up to 50% of my war file contains of constant libraries (JDBC, Axis > an so on), and theese libraries blow up my application more than 8 MByte. It > takes much time to send such applications to our customers - and time is > something that none of our customers have in a case of a fault. > > With Tomcat 5.x came a "shared classloader" where I could put my "constant > libraries" into. Tomcat 6 has only the "common classloader", and the > documentation http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/class-loader-howto.html > discourages me to install my own libraries inside the common classloader's > path. > > Is there an "official" way to keep constant libraries away from war files? > ( I myself would prefer a refernce in 'web.xml' or 'context.xml' e.g., even if > this is not compatible with other J2EE application servers. ) > > Ingolf. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
