prefer-web-inf-classes in weblogic.xml doesn't work

Question

When I try to use <prefer-web-inf-classes>true</prefer-web-inf-classes> it works fine with default classloaders structure. But after I changed classloaders hierarhy by means of <classloader-structure> in weblogic-application.xml classes from web app are ignored and classes from outside web app are loaded.
Here is classloaders structure I use
<weblogic-application>
<classloader-structure>
<module-ref>
<module-uri>mywar.war</module-uri>
</module-ref>
<classloader-structure>
<module-ref>
<module-uri>myejb.jar</module-uri>
</module-ref>
</classloader-structure>
</classloader-structure>
</weblogic-application>
Has anybody encountered this before?

Answer 1

Hi, Rob
Does it work in WL9.2?
It seems I do it exactly as the explained at http://edocs.bea.com/wls/docs81/programming/classloading.html - and it fails :o(.
I try to run my app.ear with WL9.2 There are 2 components in it: webapp and mdb. The webapp/WEB-INF contains weblogic.xml:
<weblogic-web-app>
<container-descriptor>     
<prefer-web-inf-classes>true</prefer-web-inf-classes>
</container-descriptor>
</weblogic-web-app>
Mdb is expected to run in the same mode, i.e. to prefer the webapp/WEB-INF/*.jar over the parent Weblogic classloader. To do so I add the weblogic-application.xml to the app.ear!/META-INF:
<weblogic-application>
<classloader-structure>
<module-ref>
<!-- reminder: this webapp contains
prefer-web-inf-classes -->
<module-uri>webapp</module-uri>
</module-ref>
<classloader-structure>
<module-ref>
<module-uri>mdb.jar</module-uri>
</module-ref>
</classloader-structure>
</classloader-structure>
</weblogic-application>
Now, when classloader-structure specified, both webabb and mdb prefer the weblogic root loader as if prefer-web-inf-classes not defined at all.