Tomcat6 and Java Beans

[cj jayamaha]

Hi,

I have searched for a solution for this issue for days and has not been able to find any so I am hoping one of your guys will be able to help me here..

imagine the following code is in a file called test.jsp

<%
pacakge.test.TestClass class = new pacakge.test.TestClass();
%>

In tomcat6 if I have the file in the root folder, http://www.blahblah.com/test.jsp works fine. How ever if I have with in a sub-directory /temp then http://www.blahblah.com/temp/test.jsp gives me an error saying TestClass cant be identified.

In tomcat5 I dont get any of these errors..

Cheers

CJ

[cj jayamaha]

aha aha aha..

Did anyone know that the Web-INF folder have to be copied to all the sub-folders that accesses the beans in order for the beans to work from sub-folders?

Anyway, turns out that is the solution, so I copied my main WEB-INF folder to all the sub-dirs that has jsp using beans and it is working fine.

But this is a pain in the ass... is there a shortcut? or there a solution (another one) or am I barking up the wrong tree?

cheers

CJ

[Tim Holloway]

You're definitely barking up the wrong tree. If your class files are in their proper location under WEB-INF/classes - or in a JAR in WEB-INF/lib, every JSP in the webapp should see them just fine. That's the way the standard is defined.

As for any other webapp, no. Webapps are supposed to be self-contained. They can't share their toys If you want to share a class between webapps, you have to put it in an inherited classpath such as the server's classpath, which means CATALINA_HOME/lib or someplace like that. Or it may be off CATALINA_BASE. I can never keep the two straight, since usually they're the same place.

Anyway, welcome to the JavaRanch!

[Steve Luke]

It sounds to me like you were using the <Tomcat Home>/webapps/ folder as the ROOT path, and placing all your data in there. This is a nono. Your ROOT path should be: <TOMCAT HOME>/webapps/ROOT/.

Why? The Root path (that you get to like http://localhost:8080/) is the default Context. But any folders put in the <Tomcat Home>/webapps/ path will be considered a NEW Context and so will need a new WEB-INF folder (and will have trouble talking with servlets/jsps/sessions in other Contexts). Each Context is considered a new Application.

If you want all you folders to be part of the same application then you should put all the folders in <Tomcat Home>/webapps/ROOT/. Anything that should be a different application should be in a different folder under <Tomcat Home>/webapps/.

Some examples:
I want to access http://localhost:8080/index.jsp
index jsp should be in <Tomcat Home>/webapps/ROOT/index.jsp
index jsp accesses a servlet mapped to http://localhost:8080/Process
The servlet should be in <Tomcat Home>/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/classes/<package>/Process.class
The Process servlet forwards to a URL http://localhost:8080/temp/alldone.jsp
alldone.jsp should be in <Tomcat Home>/webapps/ROOT/temp/alldone.jsp

Later, I decide that in addition to my main application listed above, I have another, INDEPENDENT application called accounting which I access through http://localhost:8080/accounting/accountHome.jsp. Because it is a new application I need to make a new directory under <Tomcat Home>/webapps/ and give it a new WEB-INF directory.
accountHome.jsp should be in <Tomcat Home>/webapps/accounting/accountHome.jsp
accountHome accesses a JavaBean to get some data.
The Bean should be in <Tomcat Home>/webapps/accounting/WEB-INF/classes/<package>/AccountManager.class

I hope I helped more than confused with that :-)

[cj jayamaha]

Gee, guys thanks, I am glad to be here...

Right, You see it is all honky-dory on my local machine but this problem comes up on the server. I am starting to think it is with the hosting company. I ll take it up with them.

thanks guys,