tomcat / axis example: NoClassDefFoundError: Software

[Axel Bock <ne...@the-me.de>]

Hi,

I am having trouble testing my locally installed Tomcat/Axis server (WinXP SP2 
if that should matter). I have done absolutely everything from the 
Installation Guide, but if I try to run the stock sample application as 
described in the Guide the following thing happens:

     Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Software

When I try to create my own web service (maybe this "software" thing is 
something only the examples rely upon) I get the same error (I followed the 
instructions from here: http://java2simple.blog-city.com/read/162200.htm)

I have set AXISCLASSPATH, AXIS_LIB, AXIS_HOME, TOMCAT_HOME. AXISCLASSPATH 
includes almost every jar file from the libs (I followed the with this). I 
have modified CLASSPATH to contain tools.jar from the JDK, and axis runs just 
fine as long as I do not try to compile code ... .


Does maybe anyone know what happens here or where I can get this "software" 
definition? (Testing with the "echo" example gave the same result ...).


Thanks in advance, greetings & ciao,

Axel.