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Re:how to get help if no answer from this list? - thanks for the right answer
Thanks,
you were right that I don't really understand the tomcat classloading yet.
In the meantime I had noticed allready that the error messages appeared in
the tomcat log file as soon as I copied the axis directory into the tomcat
webapps directory. (The server being up) So I followed your hints and it
works!
The question left to me is: what about the /WEB-INF/server-config.wsdd file
which in the log file is reported to having been created whenever I call the
"List" link at the "happy axis" page? There is no such file in the whole
file system.
kind regards
D. Exner
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Eggers" <it...@yahoo.com>
To: "Tomcat Users List" <us...@tomcat.apache.org>; "Dr. Exner"
<ex...@fh-flensburg.de>
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 7:07 PM
Subject: *SPAM*Verdacht* Re: how to get help if no answer from this list?
> Dr. Exner,
>
> It helps to understand classloading in Tomcat. I just
> got Axis up and running on the following system.
>
> Windows/2000 Professional
> Java JDK 1.5.0_04
> Tomcat 5.59
>
> I will assume that this works the same on my Linux box
> (Fedora Core 4) since Apache is great in making
> cross-platform tools.
>
> The reference in the Tomcat documentation you want is
> the following:
>
> http://localhost:8080/tomcat-docs/class-loader-howto.html
>
> In particular, the following paragraph:
>
> For classes and resources that must be shared across
> all web applications, place unpacked classes and
> resources under $CATALINA_BASE/shared/classes, or
> place JAR files containing those classes and resources
> under $CATALINA_BASE/shared/lib.
>
> For my environment, this is what I did.
>
> 1) Downloaded axis-bin-1_3.zip
>
> 2) Unzipped it someplace convenient (C:\src\axis-1_3)
>
> 3) Copied the axis folder under webapps to my
> $CATALINA_HOME\webapps
>
> 4) Ran the Axis Happiness Page and noted I needed the
> following jars
>
> a) activation.jar
> b) mailapi.jar
> c) xmlsec.jar
>
> 5) Read the instructions and picked up the jars from
> the appropriate places. The first two are from Sun,
> and the last one is from Apache.
>
> 6) Dropped the jars in $CATALINA_HOME\shared\lib since
> I expect to write multiple webapps with Axis
>
> 7) Stopped and restated Tomcat
>
> The Axis Happiness Page now reports "happiness".
>
> In general, if you need jars in a single web
> application, put them in WEB-INF\lib of the webapp.
>
> If you need to share libraries across all web
> applications, put the jar in
> $CATALINA_HOME\shared\lib.
>
> If you need to have Tomcat use them as well (for
> example, JDBC drivers to set up JNDI datasources),
> then you put the jars in $CATALINA_HOME\common\lib
> (see
> http://localhost:8080/tomcat-docs/jndi-datasource-examples-howto.html)
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> /mde/
>
> --- "Dr. Exner" <ex...@fh-flensburg.de> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for this hint,
>>
>> but it did not work. I copied the file into both
>> directories but got the
>> same old error on startup.
>> May be I did something wrong "from the beginning"?
>> But there is not much to
>> configure with the self extracting exe file.
>>
>> D. Exner
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Hadraba Petr" <ha...@bluetone.cz>
>> To: "Tomcat Users List" <us...@tomcat.apache.org>
>> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 11:28 AM
>> Subject: Re: how to get help if no answer from this
>> list?
>>
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > did you try to copy the `activation.jar' in the
>> common/lib/ (or
>> > common/endorsed/ if newer version then in JRE)
>> directory? This path is
>> > _always_ included in the CLASSPATH by the startup
>> scripts...
>> >
>> > I have there JDBC drivers, xalan, xerces (in the
>> common/endorsed-) and
>> > it works fine.
>> >
>> > And the second benefit of this directories is
>> platform independence...
>> > Simply you copy tomcat directory to UNIX or other
>> Windoze with no
>> > Control Panel hacking or other problems...
>> >
>> > PETR
>> >
>> >
>> > On 2/20/06, Richard Schilling
>> <sc...@cognitiongroup.biz> wrote:
>> >> Dr. Exner:
>> >>
>> >> Don't dismay. Sometimes it takes this listserve
>> of volunteers time to
>> >> answer questions.
>> >>
>> >> You didn't mention what platform you're using,
>> but it appears to be
>> >> Windows - by you mentioning the Windows control
>> panel.
>> >>
>> >> /WEB-INF/server-config.wsdd was created, but you
>> should check it for
>> >> settings appropriate for your installation. If
>> it was there to begin
>> >> with you might check the path your shortcut
>> executes Tomcat in.
>> >>
>> >> As for the .jar files not being found, you might
>> want to try setting the
>> >> path that Tomcat starts in in the shortcut link.
>> There's a place to
>> >> indicate what directory to run the program from.
>> >>
>> >> Richard Schilling
>> >> Cognition Group, Inc.
>> >> Seattle, WA
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Dr. Exner wrote:
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> >
>> >> > for a course including a short introduction and
>> demo on web services I
>> >> > have to decide, whether to base it on
>> java/tomcat/axis or on C#/.NET.
>> >> > Because I'm using xerces-j already in this
>> course (and for some other
>> >> > reasons), I preffered the java solution.
>> However, I hang with the test
>> >> > installation and I got no answer to my question
>> from this list. Is
>> >> > there
>> >> > another chance for support with tomcat/axis or
>> is C#/.NET the solution
>> >> > to my aim?
>> >> >
>> >> > The question was:
>> >> > --------------------------------
>> >> > with both, the preconfigured version from
>> >> > jakarta-tomcat-5.5.9-preconfigured.zip and the
>> installation from
>> >> > apache-tomcat-5.5.15.exe I get the following
>> startup messages:
>> >> >
>> >> > - "Unable to find config file. Creating new
>> servlet engine config
>> >> > file:
>> >> > /WEB-INF/server-config.wsdd"
>> >> > - "Unable to find required classes
>> (javax.activation.DataHandler and
>> >> > javax.mail.internet.MimeMultipart). ..."
>> >> >
>> >> > However, the activation.jar (from jaf-1.0.2) is
>> included in the
>> >> > CLASSPATH (via Windows Control Panel) correctly
>> and a test
>> >> > application successfully uses the
>> javax.activation.DataHandler class
>> >> > from this archive.
>> >> >
>> >> > I wouldn't care for this but the main reason
>> for using tomcat (at the
>> >> > moment) is the axis-j toolset. While validating
>> the axis installation
>> >> > with
>> >> > the "happy axis" page I get the same error:
>> >> > "Error: could not find class
>> javax.activation.DataHandler from file
>> >> > activation.jar
>> >> > Axis will not work."
>> >> > ---------------------------------
>> >> > For my understanding axis inherits the runtime
>> environment from the
>> >> > tomcat server.
>> >> > Of course I experienced with the settings in
>> the autoexec.bat file from
>> >> > the tomcat installation.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Kind Regards
>> >> > D. Exner
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>>
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>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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Re: how to get help if no answer from this list? - thanks for the
right answer
Posted by Richard Schilling <sc...@cognitiongroup.biz>.
Look for the directory WEB-INF. Windows search of the file system might
not pick up server-config.wsdd because the file name is longer than a
traditional DOS file name. Windows stores long file names in an
abbreviated format.
But the file should be in the Tomcat directory, so restrict your search
there.
Richard Schilling
Cognition Group, Inc.
Seattle, WA
Dr. Exner wrote:
> Thanks,
>
> you were right that I don't really understand the tomcat classloading
> yet. In the meantime I had noticed allready that the error messages
> appeared in the tomcat log file as soon as I copied the axis directory
> into the tomcat webapps directory. (The server being up) So I followed
> your hints and it works!
>
> The question left to me is: what about the /WEB-INF/server-config.wsdd
> file which in the log file is reported to having been created whenever I
> call the "List" link at the "happy axis" page? There is no such file in
> the whole file system.
>
> kind regards
> D. Exner
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Eggers" <it...@yahoo.com>
> To: "Tomcat Users List" <us...@tomcat.apache.org>; "Dr. Exner"
> <ex...@fh-flensburg.de>
> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 7:07 PM
> Subject: *SPAM*Verdacht* Re: how to get help if no answer from this list?
>
>
>> Dr. Exner,
>>
>> It helps to understand classloading in Tomcat. I just
>> got Axis up and running on the following system.
>>
>> Windows/2000 Professional
>> Java JDK 1.5.0_04
>> Tomcat 5.59
>>
>> I will assume that this works the same on my Linux box
>> (Fedora Core 4) since Apache is great in making
>> cross-platform tools.
>>
>> The reference in the Tomcat documentation you want is
>> the following:
>>
>> http://localhost:8080/tomcat-docs/class-loader-howto.html
>>
>> In particular, the following paragraph:
>>
>> For classes and resources that must be shared across
>> all web applications, place unpacked classes and
>> resources under $CATALINA_BASE/shared/classes, or
>> place JAR files containing those classes and resources
>> under $CATALINA_BASE/shared/lib.
>>
>> For my environment, this is what I did.
>>
>> 1) Downloaded axis-bin-1_3.zip
>>
>> 2) Unzipped it someplace convenient (C:\src\axis-1_3)
>>
>> 3) Copied the axis folder under webapps to my
>> $CATALINA_HOME\webapps
>>
>> 4) Ran the Axis Happiness Page and noted I needed the
>> following jars
>>
>> a) activation.jar
>> b) mailapi.jar
>> c) xmlsec.jar
>>
>> 5) Read the instructions and picked up the jars from
>> the appropriate places. The first two are from Sun,
>> and the last one is from Apache.
>>
>> 6) Dropped the jars in $CATALINA_HOME\shared\lib since
>> I expect to write multiple webapps with Axis
>>
>> 7) Stopped and restated Tomcat
>>
>> The Axis Happiness Page now reports "happiness".
>>
>> In general, if you need jars in a single web
>> application, put them in WEB-INF\lib of the webapp.
>>
>> If you need to share libraries across all web
>> applications, put the jar in
>> $CATALINA_HOME\shared\lib.
>>
>> If you need to have Tomcat use them as well (for
>> example, JDBC drivers to set up JNDI datasources),
>> then you put the jars in $CATALINA_HOME\common\lib
>> (see
>> http://localhost:8080/tomcat-docs/jndi-datasource-examples-howto.html)
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> /mde/
>>
>> --- "Dr. Exner" <ex...@fh-flensburg.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for this hint,
>>>
>>> but it did not work. I copied the file into both
>>> directories but got the
>>> same old error on startup.
>>> May be I did something wrong "from the beginning"?
>>> But there is not much to
>>> configure with the self extracting exe file.
>>>
>>> D. Exner
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hadraba Petr" <ha...@bluetone.cz>
>>> To: "Tomcat Users List" <us...@tomcat.apache.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 11:28 AM
>>> Subject: Re: how to get help if no answer from this
>>> list?
>>>
>>>
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > did you try to copy the `activation.jar' in the
>>> common/lib/ (or
>>> > common/endorsed/ if newer version then in JRE)
>>> directory? This path is
>>> > _always_ included in the CLASSPATH by the startup
>>> scripts...
>>> >
>>> > I have there JDBC drivers, xalan, xerces (in the
>>> common/endorsed-) and
>>> > it works fine.
>>> >
>>> > And the second benefit of this directories is
>>> platform independence...
>>> > Simply you copy tomcat directory to UNIX or other
>>> Windoze with no
>>> > Control Panel hacking or other problems...
>>> >
>>> > PETR
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On 2/20/06, Richard Schilling
>>> <sc...@cognitiongroup.biz> wrote:
>>> >> Dr. Exner:
>>> >>
>>> >> Don't dismay. Sometimes it takes this listserve
>>> of volunteers time to
>>> >> answer questions.
>>> >>
>>> >> You didn't mention what platform you're using,
>>> but it appears to be
>>> >> Windows - by you mentioning the Windows control
>>> panel.
>>> >>
>>> >> /WEB-INF/server-config.wsdd was created, but you
>>> should check it for
>>> >> settings appropriate for your installation. If
>>> it was there to begin
>>> >> with you might check the path your shortcut
>>> executes Tomcat in.
>>> >>
>>> >> As for the .jar files not being found, you might
>>> want to try setting the
>>> >> path that Tomcat starts in in the shortcut link.
>>> There's a place to
>>> >> indicate what directory to run the program from.
>>> >>
>>> >> Richard Schilling
>>> >> Cognition Group, Inc.
>>> >> Seattle, WA
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Dr. Exner wrote:
>>> >> > Hi,
>>> >> >
>>> >> > for a course including a short introduction and
>>> demo on web services I
>>> >> > have to decide, whether to base it on
>>> java/tomcat/axis or on C#/.NET.
>>> >> > Because I'm using xerces-j already in this
>>> course (and for some other
>>> >> > reasons), I preffered the java solution.
>>> However, I hang with the test
>>> >> > installation and I got no answer to my question
>>> from this list. Is
>>> >> > there
>>> >> > another chance for support with tomcat/axis or
>>> is C#/.NET the solution
>>> >> > to my aim?
>>> >> >
>>> >> > The question was:
>>> >> > --------------------------------
>>> >> > with both, the preconfigured version from
>>> >> > jakarta-tomcat-5.5.9-preconfigured.zip and the
>>> installation from
>>> >> > apache-tomcat-5.5.15.exe I get the following
>>> startup messages:
>>> >> >
>>> >> > - "Unable to find config file. Creating new
>>> servlet engine config
>>> >> > file:
>>> >> > /WEB-INF/server-config.wsdd"
>>> >> > - "Unable to find required classes
>>> (javax.activation.DataHandler and
>>> >> > javax.mail.internet.MimeMultipart). ..."
>>> >> >
>>> >> > However, the activation.jar (from jaf-1.0.2) is
>>> included in the
>>> >> > CLASSPATH (via Windows Control Panel) correctly
>>> and a test
>>> >> > application successfully uses the
>>> javax.activation.DataHandler class
>>> >> > from this archive.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I wouldn't care for this but the main reason
>>> for using tomcat (at the
>>> >> > moment) is the axis-j toolset. While validating
>>> the axis installation
>>> >> > with
>>> >> > the "happy axis" page I get the same error:
>>> >> > "Error: could not find class
>>> javax.activation.DataHandler from file
>>> >> > activation.jar
>>> >> > Axis will not work."
>>> >> > ---------------------------------
>>> >> > For my understanding axis inherits the runtime
>>> environment from the
>>> >> > tomcat server.
>>> >> > Of course I experienced with the settings in
>>> the autoexec.bat file from
>>> >> > the tomcat installation.
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Kind Regards
>>> >> > D. Exner
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>> >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail:
>>> users-unsubscribe@tomcat.apache.org
>>> >> > For additional commands, e-mail:
>>> users-help@tomcat.apache.org
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>>
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>>>
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