Problem with .war files

Question

          I have created a .war file with my servlets in
          /WEB-INF/classes directory and all other classes jared into a single jar file
          in /WEB-INF/lib,but on calling the servlet only those classes that the servlet
          uses directly are recognized but for the other classes it gives an exception NoClassDef
          found.I later changed the .war file so that all the classes are put into /WEB-INF/classes
          directory directly(no jar),but this time it again fails with the same excception,is
          this a bug in weblogic or am I doing things wrong.please clarify.
          thanks and regards
          vijay
          

Answer 1

Bobby,
          This appears to be a known problem and has been addressed by CR065104. Please
          contact support to obtain the appropriate patch.
          Thanks,
          Simon
          Developer Relations Engineer
          BEA Support
          Bobby Nations wrote:
          > Vijay,
          >
          > You're not alone, I'm experiencing these problems when moving a .war file
          > from WLS 6.1.0 to WLS 6.1.2. I'm running WLS 6.1.0 on my development
          > server, and whenever I deploy a .war file there, it finds the jar files
          > in WEB-INF/lib and handles everything properly. I move that exact .war
          > file to my staging server (one rung below production) along with the
          > config.xml and start script from development, and blammo, no go. It
          > complains of ClassNotFound for any class contained in a jar file under
          > the WEB-INF/lib directory. So, my symptoms break down like so: works for
          > WLS 6.1.0 but not for WLS 6.1.2.
          >
          > I think that this must be a bug in service pack 2 of WLS 6.1.
          >
          > Bobby
          >
          > In article <3bbc80e9$[email protected]>, "Vijayanand.R"
          > <[email protected]> wrote:
          >
          > > Hi Udit,
          > > thanks for the reply,
          > > the package under WEB-INF/classes is fine,it invokes the servlet too but
          > > it fails to recognize the jar under WEB-INF/lib and complains that the
          > > particular class it is looking for is not found
          > > Regards
          > > Vijay