Classes are not loading from WEB-INF/classes directory

Question

Hi All,
I am in a deep troble because the class files in the WEB-INF/classes directory are not loading.
I have deployed the application in Tomcat 6 server. And stored all class files under WEB-INF/classes dirctory. But when I execute a JSP page, I am getting following error:
HTTP Status 500 -
type Exception report
message
description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.
exception
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP:
JSP FileName:/hello.jsp
An error occurred at line: 1 in the jsp file: /hello.jsp
com.flt.Test cannot be resolved to a type
1: <%=new com.flt.Test().hello()%>
Stacktrace:
     org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.javacError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:98)
     org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.javacError(ErrorDispatcher.java:330)
     org.apache.jasper.compiler.JDTCompiler.generateClass(JDTCompiler.java:435)
     org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:298)
     org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:277)
     org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:265)
     org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:564)
     org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:302)
     org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:329)
     org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265)
     javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)The classes are available in the WEB-INF/classes directory and the folder name and package name of the classes are correct. I have also tried to execute the application by creating a jar file and put it in the WEB-INF/lib directory. But I am getting same result.
Is it the problem with Tomcat configuration? When I gone through Tomcat documentation, I get to know that the WebAppX class loader in Tomcat, loads application specific classes for a web application. Is it possible to start/stop WebAppx classloader manually?
Please help me to solve this issue.
Many Thanks,
Francis Lukose
Edited by: francis_ on May 13, 2008 10:03 AM

Answer 1

Thanks for your reply, Soultech2012.
<%=new com.flt.Test().hello()%>is the only code in the JSP page. Just a single line. Nothing more than that.
The code in Test.java is as follows:
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package com.flt;
* @author Francis Lukose
public class Test {
    public static String hello()    {
        return "hello";
}Many Thanks,
Francis
Edited by: francis_ on May 13, 2008 6:45 PM