mod_jserv/6148: Apache throws "404 Not Found" if the classpath does not contain required classes

[Detlev Beutner <db...@acg-gmbh.de>]

>Number:         6148
>Category:       mod_jserv
>Synopsis:       Apache throws "404 Not Found" if the classpath does not contain required classes
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    jserv
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jun 05 06:10:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     dbeutner@acg-gmbh.de
>Release:        1.3.12
>Organization:
apache
>Environment:
WinNT 4.0 SP5
JVM 1.2.2_0.0.5
HotSpot Java Server VM 2.0
Apache JServ 1.1.1
>Description:
If in "jserv.properties" the "wrapper.classpath" does not contain a class, which is required in a servlet, apache throws a 404 instead of a JServ-Error that a subclass has not been found. In addition, even if the logs (jserv.log, mod_jserv.log) have been set to debug, no hint is given that a class required by a servlet is missing.

This behaviour is not nice at all!
>How-To-Repeat:
For example, a servlet called "Servlet404" requires JavaMail and therefore imports javax.mail.*

But in wrapper.classpath, there is no path to mail.jar (but the servlet is referred).
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
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