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WEB-INF/lib jar file loading and operations problems.





------- Additional Comments From william.barker@wilshire.com  2002-01-03 23:03 -------
1) This is really a Windows issue, since *nix machines happily let you delete 
open files. (and Tomcat delegates which files are open to 
java.lang.Classloader).

2) This is a known problem, but it is basically a bug in java.util.zip. (and, 
yes, this one effects *nix boxes as well).  What happens is that the JVM holds 
on to it's old index of the jar file (which is no longer valid of course), so 
it is unable to reload the class when Tomcat asks it to.  My understanding of 
the feeling among the developers is that they'd really rather that Sun fix this 
one than re-write java.util.zip.  

AFAIK, this is still an issue in Java 1.4 Beta, but I might be wrong.

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