class path

[sangeeta reddy]

how and where to set the classpath

[Steve Luke]

Originally posted by sangeeta reddy:
how and where to set the classpath

For servlets this is server dependent for general classpath settings. Generally, however, all your classes should go into your web application's WEB-INF/classes/ directory and your JAR files should go into the context's WEB-INF/lib/ directory. If you have classes/jars in other places it is usually a better idea to move or copy them to the above mentioned places.

[Bear Bibeault]

Originally posted by sangeeta reddy:
how and where to set the classpath

You do not set the classpath for web applications. As was pointed out, web containers look for classes in specific locations and not along any classpath.

Or perhaps your question was incomplete?

[Vijitha Kumara]

Generally, however, all your classes should go into your web application's WEB-INF/classes/ directory and your JAR files should go into the context's WEB-INF/lib/ directory

Is this mean say for example if we refer EJB from a servlet that ejb-jar should goes in to the above directory? We can put the ejb-jar with the WAR file which includes the servlet etc.. and deploy it in the container as an EAR file right?

Thanks in Advance,

[Amit Ghorpade]

Hi sangeeta reddy welcome to Javaranch
Firstly UseAMeaningfulSubjectLine. class path makes little sense.

Then tell us a little more detail about your problem. For what purpose are you setting the classpath. The posters above have assumed that you need it for a web application.
Is it what you are really trying to do?

[sudhir nim]

If you are talking about just CLASSPATH but not in terms of web applications, On windows platform it is set as environment variable.

Look at http://www.jsptube.com/Servlet-Tutorials/setup-servlet-development-environment.html