javax.management classloading

[Jim Nash <Ji...@plumtree.com>]

Using tomcat 4.1, my web app packaged without JMX support classes (mx4j
in my case) does not seem to have access to Tomcat's javax.management
classes.  That is, when I remove MX4J jars from my war file and deploy
the war normally, when Tomcat's class loader loads the class within my
webapp that contains my JMX stuff, I get a NotCompliantMBeanException.  

 

I can copy Tomcat's mx4j jar files from server/lib to shared/lib and get
the proper behavior, but this seems a bit hackish.

 

Is there a way, and if so what is the right way, to gain access to
Tomcat's JMX MBean server (and to javax.* classes) used by tomcat
itself?  

 

Thx, Jim