Re: Classloader - WEB-INF/lib

2007-10-10 Thread David Smith
Can you post the actual relevant lines of code? Also, I suspect for classes, Class.forName() is enough -- no need to find the class first w/ Classloader.getResource( "..." ). --David Albert Greinoecker wrote: I'm sorry I just found out that the cause of the failure described below lies one

RE: Classloader - WEB-INF/lib

2007-10-10 Thread Martin Gainty
Hi AlbertWhich classloader you want depends on where you loaded your jarTake a look at http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/class-loader-howto.html HTH/Martin Gainty__Disclaimer and confidentiality noteEverything in this e-mail and any attachment

Re: Classloader - WEB-INF/lib

2007-10-10 Thread Albert Greinoecker
I'm sorry I just found out that the cause of the failure described below lies one step before the class.forName-statement. Before I'm trying to load the classes with ClassLoader cld [...] URL resource = cld.getResource('path/to/the/class/file.class'); so it's clear to me that this cannot work wit

Re: Classloader - WEB-INF/lib

2007-10-10 Thread David Smith
Could you post more info -- e.g. tomcat version, jvm version, class package and name you are trying to load, any relevant stack traces in the logs, etc., ... --David Albert Greinoecker wrote: Hi, I have a problem concerning the classloader tomcat is using, When I try to load a class dynamic

Classloader - WEB-INF/lib

2007-10-10 Thread Albert Greinoecker
Hi, I have a problem concerning the classloader tomcat is using, When I try to load a class dynamically, which is located witihn a jar-archive under /WEB-INF/lib with class.forName(), an exception is thrown. If the class is located at WEB-INF/classes, everything works fine. As classloader I am us