DO NOT REPLY [Bug 9371] New: - Classloader does not load the local web apps "lib" directory before loading "shared" repository

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Classloader does not load the local web apps "lib" directory before loading "shared" repository

           Summary: Classloader does not load the local web apps "lib"
                    directory before loading "shared" repository
           Product: Tomcat 4
           Version: 4.0.3 Final
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows NT/2K
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Blocker
          Priority: Other
         Component: Unknown
        AssignedTo: tomcat-dev@jakarta.apache.org
        ReportedBy: chung_po_loi@hotmail.com


I have tried using xalan in my web application. I have put the xalan's jar 
files in my <webapp>/web-inf/lib/ directory but tomcat couldn't find it. I 
found that those "jar" files in the <webapp>/web-inf/lib/ doesn't override 
the "xerces.jar" located in <tomcat home>/common/lib. This is in contrast with 
the documentation in "http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-4.0-doc/class-
loader-howto.html"

This problem forced me to change the existing xerces.jar in "common" folder to 
the xalan version. But it causes me having another problem when installing 
another application, which uses a different version of W3C DOM APIs.

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