One EAR , multiple WARs - CLASSPATH problem

Question

Hi there,
According to [url http://e-docs.bea.com/wls/docs92/programming/splitcreate.html#wp1102496]WL 9 documentation, any thid-party library of my EAR located at APP-INF/lib can be referenced anywhere.
Unfortunately that's not happening ... :-(
This is my EAR scenario:
APP-INF\lib\log4j.jar
APP-INF\lib\struts.jar
APP-INF\lib\many-others.jar
ejb1.jar
ejb2.jar
web1.war (no jars inside)
web2.war (no jars inside)
web3.war (no jars inside)
There is no problem with EJB, but no web application can reach any jar from APP-INF\lib\ .
If I copy all jars to WEB-INF\lib inside a WAR, everything works fine. That won't be an option because I have 7 web modules and creating an EAR with the same jars 7 times is out of the question.
So, dear WL9 gurus, anyone could pull this off ? :-)

Answer 1

You may try to use JSP compiler class. Please specify 'compilerclass'
          option in weblogic.xml. This option specifies name of a Java compiler
          that is executed in WebLogic Servers's virtual machine. (Used in place of
          an executable compiler such as javac or sj.)
          Please see
          http://e-docs.bea.com/wls/docs61/webapp/weblogic_xml.html#jsp-descriptor.
          Paco Garcia wrote:
          > oops!
          >
          > >$WL_HOME/./config/DOMAIN/applications/.wl_notdelete_EARNAME
          > >/wlap#####/ejbjarname.jar
          >
          > >with DOMAIN=DOM1, WL_HOME=W, ejbjar name=EJB1, EARNAME=EAR1
          > >you get:
          > >/w/./config/DOM1/applications/.wl_notdelete_EAR1/wlap#####/EJB1.jar:
          >
          > please read SERVERNAME instead of EARNAME
          >
          > PacoG.
          Regards,
          Ann
          Developer Relations Engineer
          BEA Support