deploying an EAR with a WAR

[forourke]

I am having difficult getting a EAR file to deploy if it contains a WAR file. I am using jboss3.0.0aplha

I am getting
org.jboss.deployment.J2eeDeploymentException: Error while starting test.war: org/apache/cactus/server/ServletTestRedirector, Cause: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/cactus/server/ServletTestRedirector

The code in my WAR file is a jar with uses cactus.jar The ServletTestRedirector is in cactus.jar and for some reason this jar cannot be found. I have tried a lot of things specifing a classpath in the manifest file. Should this manifest file be in the WAR file or in my jar in the WAR file - I have tried both with no success.

Any help appreciated as this is totally frustrating.

[fstarsinic]

i am having similar problems deploying an .ear with a utility.jar file

it seems that some of the classes are visible to the application and some are not.

it is strange. there are many posts on this issue and nobody ever replies back.

if you've figured out anything, let me know.
frank

[skrabler]

Do you have the application.xml config'd correctly in the ear's WEB-INF?

[winghoe]

Where are you putting your cactus.jar?

Did you put it under WEB-INF/lib?

FYI, libraries and classes that are used by servlets or JSPs, ought to be put under WEB-INF/lib and WEB-INF/classes directories.

HTH,
Wing Hoe