Weblogic 10 ear problem-urgent

Question

hi
i have ear file, deployed on weblogic 10.
here is the folder structure:
ear-
---> META-INF-->application.xml
---->shared-----> it contains 12 jar files utility jar files needed by wars and ejbs.
----->3 war files
------>3 ejbs.
application.xml file contains the entry
<library-directory>shared</library-directory>
this adds all the jars in shared folder in the classpath. i have checked that with one debug jsp which prints the classpath.
no problem with deployment.
problem is when i send a request to a servlet from welcome file, application shows the classnotfoundexception. the jar file which contains the class file is in the classpath.(it is in shared folder).
Problem gets resloved when i put all jars from shared folder in classpath explicitly using startweblogic.cmd.
but i want them inside ear and i don't want to put them in classpath.
is there any problem in putting the jar in shared folder, and <library-directory>shared</library-directory>. ?
any suggestions?
thanks in advance.
my application.xml
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<application xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="5">
<description>Workflow</description>
<display-name>Workflow</display-name>
<module id="EjbModule_1">
<ejb>MLAppCoreWL610.jar</ejb>
</module>
<module id="EjbModule_2">
<ejb>WFCompWL610.jar</ejb>
</module>
<module id="EjbModule_3">
<ejb>IntellectTFPJar.jar</ejb>
</module>
<module id="WebModule_1">
<web>
<web-uri>WFCompWL610.war</web-uri>
<context-root>/Workflow</context-root>
</web>
</module>
<module id="WebModule_2">
<web>
<web-uri>MLAppServlets.war</web-uri>
<context-root>/MLAppServlets</context-root>
</web>
</module>
<module id="WebModule_3">
<web>
<web-uri>sitorbi.war</web-uri>
<context-root>/</context-root>
</web>
</module>
<library-directory>shared</library-directory>
</application>

Answer 1

hi
thanks for the reply and the links, i checked the threads and tried the things, i solved the problem by using the manifest.mf & Class-path concept. still there is one query.The problem is not completely solved.
Question: Inside EAR file, i have 3 wars and 3 ejbs. i have one jar file, properties.jar which contains all the properties files, the ejbs and war files use.
initially it was in the system classpath, i.e. i mentioned it in startweblogic.cmd file.
now when i put it in EAR, and used the same "manifest.mf-Class-path" thing. the applications throws the exception that xyz.properties is not in classpath.
i printed the classpath, it is in classpath.
i put it in APP-INF/lib and shared folder still no luck.
it seems odd that the things worked for other utility jars, are not working for properties.jar.
Is there any special reason for not loading properties files.?
thanks in advance....