jar in WEB_INF lib not loaded

[Daniele Misani]

hi.
i'm using tomcat_3.2.1 under win, linux and sun solaris
always the same problem.
when i run my application, jar files placed in WEB-INF/lib are not loaded by classloader (null pointer exceptions)
if i add them to tomcat_home/lib or add to the classpath explicitly each one of them it works.
but this are not suitable solutions for me because i want to place them ONLY in WEB-INF/lib not changhing the classpath
here a detail of error:
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Error: 500
Location: /ScuoleGuida/jsp/Controller/autorizza_ctrl.jsp
Internal Servlet Error:
javax.servlet.ServletException: it/csi/jsf/web/pool/BeanDAO
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:399)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.doService(ServletWrapper.java:404)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service(Handler.java:286)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:372)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalService(ContextManager.java:797)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(ContextManager.java:743)
at org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler.processConnection(HttpConnectionHandler.java:210)
at org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:416)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:498)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484)
Root cause:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: it/csi/jsf/web/pool/BeanDAO
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:486)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:111)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:248)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:56)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:195)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:297)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:286)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:253)
at org.apache.tomcat.loader.AdaptiveClassLoader.loadClass(AdaptiveClassLoader.java:446)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:253)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JasperLoader.loadClass(JasperLoader.java:136)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:253)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:313)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:237)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet$JspServletWrapper.load(JspServlet.java:116)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet$JspServletWrapper.loadIfNecessary(JspServlet.java:154)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet$JspServletWrapper.service(JspServlet.java:164)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:318)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:391)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.doService(ServletWrapper.java:404)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service(Handler.java:286)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:372)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalService(ContextManager.java:797)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(ContextManager.java:743)
at org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler.processConnection(HttpConnectionHandler.java:210)
at org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:416)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:498)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484)
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nb: here the jasper.log
the file required is in tram.jar
vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
2003-07-09 10:37:55 - Scratch dir for the JSP engine is: C:\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.1\work\localhost_8080%2Fexamples
2003-07-09 10:37:55 - IMPORTANT: Do not modify the generated servlets
2003-07-09 10:38:10 - JspEngine --> /jsp/Controller/autorizza_ctrl.jsp
2003-07-09 10:38:10 - ServletPath: /jsp/Controller/autorizza_ctrl.jsp
2003-07-09 10:38:10 - PathInfo: null
2003-07-09 10:38:10 - RealPath: C:\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.1\webapps\ScuoleGuida\jsp\Controller\autorizza_ctrl.jsp
2003-07-09 10:38:10 - RequestURI: /ScuoleGuida/jsp/Controller/autorizza_ctrl.jsp
2003-07-09 10:38:10 - QueryString: null
2003-07-09 10:38:10 - Request Params:
2003-07-09 10:38:10 - passwd =
2003-07-09 10:38:10 - login =
2003-07-09 10:38:10 - Classpath according to the Servlet Engine is: C:\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.1\webapps\ScuoleGuida\WEB-INF\classes;C:\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.1\webapps\ScuoleGuida\WEB-INF\lib\classes12.jar;C:\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.1\webapps\ScuoleGuida\WEB-INF\lib\jdbc2_0-stdext.jar;C:\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.1\webapps\ScuoleGuida\WEB-INF\lib\jmxri.jar;C:\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.1\webapps\ScuoleGuida\WEB-INF\lib\jmxtools.jar;C:\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.1\webapps\ScuoleGuida\WEB-INF\lib\jta.jar;C:\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.1\webapps\ScuoleGuida\WEB-INF\lib\junit.jar;C:\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.1\webapp s\ScuoleGuida\WEB-INF\lib\poolman-testsuite.jar;C:\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.1\webapps\ScuoleGuida\WEB-INF\lib\poolman.jar;C:\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.1\webapps\ScuoleGuida\WEB-INF\lib\tram.jar;C:\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.1\webapps\ScuoleGuida\WEB-INF\lib\xerces.jar