> From: Jess Holle [mailto:je...@ptc.com] > Subject: Re: Slower start with Tomcat 7.0.14 and higher
> Since delegation is downwards Only for the webapp classloader. > the only issue that should possibly occur is if a class gets > loaded in the parent classloader that then needs a class in > the child (e.g. web app) classloader. That will fail, of > course, but that's ok as this should never occur. I think it can happen, without detection, if you have the same class directly visible to multiple classloaders - which I recall that you do (but perhaps I misunderstood this statement: "the base classloader includes a lot more than CATALINA_BASE/lib. Some of these jars are huge -- and the intent (and effect) is that these are shared by any/all web app instances."). So before pursuing this any further, is the same class visible to more than one classloader in your environment? If not, then there should be no problem, regardless of internal classloader logic. - 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.
