On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Marc F. <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> First of all, I would like to thank everyone from the Apache Axis2
project.
> I am using the newer version 1.4.1 of Axis2, with Java
1.4.2.
Thank you very
> much for the efforts in order to make Axis2 compatible to that
version of
> Java. I work at a software company that still uses Java 1.4.2,
that´s why we
> decided to use Axis2. Othewise we would discard Axis2. Not to
mention the C
> language compatibility that Axis2 has. We also use C language in
our
> development, so probably one day we will also take advantage of
this feature
> of Axis2. Thank you, Axis2 team!
>
> Well, now my question...
>
> Since the jar file "commons-logging-1.1.1.jar" comes with Axis2,
in the
> WEB-INF/lib/ directory of its war file, I believe Axis2 should use
the
> version 1.1.1 of the commons-logging API.
>
> Tomcat 5.0.28 uses by default the commons-logging version
1.0.4.
The
> "commons-logging-api.jar" file that Tomcat 5.0.28 uses by default
is located
> in [CATALINA_HOME]/bin/ directory. I believe this jar file is
loaded when we
> startup Tomcat.
>
> If I do not modify anything in the environment, that is, if I
accept a
> default environment, with the "axis2.war" file installed in the
> [CATALINA_HOME]/webapps/ directory, exactly according to the Axis2
> installation manual, everything seems to be working correctly.
But, I think
> everything ONLY seems to be working correctly, because I have the
following
> question: when I call the Axis2 Happiness page I see that the
> commons-logging API version that seems to be used by Axis2 is the
one
> located inside "commons-logging-api.jar" in the
[CATALINA_HOME]/bin/
> directory, and not the one located inside
"commons-logging-1.1.1.jar" in the
> [CATALINA_HOME]/webapps/axis2/WEB-INF/lib/ directory. Isn´t that
strange? I
> mean, if Axis2 should use the version 1.1.1, isn´t there something
wrong in
> this default environment?
>
> I understand the Tomcat classloading mechanism, and I can
comprehend why the
> default commons-logging API version 1.0.4 that comes with Tomcat
has the
> precedence over the version 1.1.1 that comes with Axis2. My
question is just
> this: isn´t there something wrong in this default environment?
>
> I notice that even in the Axis2 manual there is a picture that
shows the
> Axis2 Happiness page, where we can see the
> [CATALINA_HOME]/bin/commons-logging-api-jar as one of the
"Essential
> components", so everybody could think "oh, since even in the Axis2
manual
> there is such a picture, that´s normal, everything should be
correct", but I
> am the exception. I cannot avoid this sensation that there is
something
> wrong, and again, the same question appears in my mind, and it´s
been
> causing troubles in my mind. I can´t even sleep well during the
night,
> because I´ve been always asking myself the same question: isn´t
there
> something wrong in this default environment? I am using Axis2 at
my company,
> in a real production environment, so that´s why I am so worried
about this
> issue.
>
> I tried to replace the [CATALINA_HOME]/bin/commons-logging-api-jar
by that
> one that comes with Axis2. I did that renaming the
> "commons-logging-1.1.1.jar" to "commons-logging-api.jar", and then
I put
> this renamed jar file in the [CATALINA_HOME]/bin/ directory. I
know this
> version of Tomcat hardcoded the name of the jar file in its source
code,
> therefore that´s why we should rename the jar file if we want to
use a newer
> version of that API, othewise we are not even able to startup
Tomcat. The
> problem is that, when I did that, the following exception happened
during
> the startup:
>
> SEVERE: End event threw exception
> org.apache.commons.logging.LogConfigurationException:
User-specified log
> class 'org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Log4JLogger' cannot be
found or is
> not useable.
>
> And then the axis2 context is not initialized.
>
> Isn´t this fact strange? I mean, now I am trying to make, "by
brute force",
> the version 1.1.1 of commons-logging available to the Axis2
environment,
> that is the version that is supposed to work with Axis2, but when
I do that,
> the axis2 context is not even being initialized! The Tomcat itself
and all
> the rest of its contexts is being initialized, except axis2
context. I am
> trying to make the correct version of the API available, but it
seems that
> Axis2 is not accepting this. Isn´t that strange? Isn´t that
contradictory?
>
> My next try was putting the "commons-logging-1.1.1.jar" file in the
> [CATALINA_HOME]/common/endorsed/ (without renaming the jar file ),
but it
> was again unsuccessful. The same problem happened, the same
exception
> occurred.
>
> Of course, when I comment the line
>
"org.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Log4JLogger",
> from the
>
[CATALINA_HOME]/webapps/axis2/WEB-INF/classes/commons-logging.properties,
> the axis2 context is, at least, initialized. But is it really
permitted
> (commenting that line)? Does Axis2 still work properly when we
comment that
> line?
>
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
