Where to place javabeans in tomcat

Question

I have a problem finding my javabeans in apache tomcat 4. I have a project with jsp pages in a folder called crm. I have made some java beans which is in com.xxx.crm.beans package (folders). these folders (package) is placed in the crm folder and in my jsp page I use this code:
<jsp:useBean id="ValidationBean" scope="session" class="com.xxx.crm.beans.ValidationBean" />
<jsp:setProperty name="ValidationBean" property="*" />
what am I missing out? I have also tried to restart tomcat. Do I have to place javabeans in the appservers classpath?
Structure:
crm/
login.jsp
crm/com/xxx/crm/beans/
validationbean.class
thanks in advance.
nicolai

Answer 1

thx :)
I still run into problems. I have made the WEB-INF/classes folder and placed my folders and classes (com.xxx.crm.ValidationBean) in the project (jsp) folder. The message I get is:
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP
An error occurred at line: 1 in the jsp file: /crm/login.jsp
Generated servlet error:
    [javac] Compiling 1 source file
C:\jboss_tomcat\tomcat-4.1.x\work\Standalone\localhost\_\crm\login_jsp.java:42: cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : class ValidationBean
location: class org.apache.jsp.login_jsp
      ValidationBean ValidationBean = null;
      ^
An error occurred at line: 1 in the jsp file: /crm/login.jsp
Generated servlet error:
C:\jboss_tomcat\tomcat-4.1.x\work\Standalone\localhost\_\crm\login_jsp.java:44: cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : class ValidationBean
location: class org.apache.jsp.login_jsp
        ValidationBean = (ValidationBean) pageContext.getAttribute("ValidationBean", PageContext.SESSION_SCOPE);
                          ^
An error occurred at line: 1 in the jsp file: /crm/login.jsp
Generated servlet error:
C:\jboss_tomcat\tomcat-4.1.x\work\Standalone\localhost\_\crm\login_jsp.java:47: cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : class ValidationBean
location: class org.apache.jsp.login_jsp
            ValidationBean = (ValidationBean) java.beans.Beans.instantiate(this.getClass().getClassLoader(), "ValidationBean");
                              ^
3 errorsValidationBean code:
package com.xxx.crm;
import java.io.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.sql.*;
import javax.sql.*;
import javax.naming.*;
import com.mysql.jdbc.*;
// bean class
public class ValidationBean implements Serializable {
  protected String username;
  protected String password;
  protected boolean validUser = false;
  private boolean isValidated = false;
  // constructor
  public ValidationBean() {
  }I use Borland JBuilder 8 Personal, and have compiled it there.