Problem in loading the library through Servlet

Question

Hello,
When i wrote an application which accesses my java component that has native methods and it loads the library that has the implementation of these methods, it works perfectly fine.
But now when i am trying to access the same component through a servlet it is giving an error saying : "no library xyzDLL (xyzDLL.dll) in java.library.path" . When i have my component, servlet code and the DLL in the same directory.
The code that is there in the component is :
public class MyComponent {
     public native int create(double id, int a) ;
     static {
          System.out.println("loading the Library ...." ) ;
          System.loadLibrary("xyzDLL") ;
          System.out.println("Library Loaded successfully") ;
And when i try to access the method in the servlet like :
MyComponent com = new MyComponent() ;
com.create(12.5,4) ;
Can anyone please help me out how this can be solved. I feel like i have to keep the components and the DLL at a proper directory location. Can anybody help me out where should i keep these.
I am using IBM Websphere Standard edition.
Thanks in advance,
patro

Answer 1

Hi,
The DLL needs to accessible in the environment of the server. I have not used websphere, but if there is a bat file that is used to start it, then put the directory where the DLL is in your PATH. Or change the system settings to have the directory in the PATH env variable. This will enable websphere to get at the DLL.
hth
rahul