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Classpath in for a web app deployed as .war file

I'm deploying an application as a .ear file in weblogin 8.1. In the enclosed .war file I have the following structure:
root
|-WEB-INF/classes
|-jsps
|-imgs
etc.

I'm storing my compiled servlets and helper classes in the WEB-INF/classes directory. I have access to the helper classes from those servlets. But I don't have access to them from my jsp pages kepted in my jsps directory. I thought that the WEB-INF/classes directory was automatically added to the classpath for the application. But that doesn't seem to be happening. Am I wrong? I know it's probably better to jar up all those helper calsses and places them in the lib directory. What do you think all help is appreicated.

Thanks
David

john-at-7fff

First off, you can definitely request the JSPs after deployment? For instance, a JSP with no Java code in it pulls up fine?

Second: (And sorry to ask the obvious) You have the right import statements in your JSPs?

NHBFighter

ASKER

Thanks for the reply!

I can request my JSPS after deployment with or with out java code. The only issue is when I use a class in the classes directory. The class I'm talking about isn't in a package. Its just a lone class file in the WEB_INF/classes directory, so I thought I didn't have hany thing to add to the classpath. Is that wrong. And is it true that WEB_INF/classes is added to the apps classpath?

Thanks
David

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NHBFighter

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Yeah thats the exception I'm getting, but I found a quick way around it.

Well what I've done that seems to work is to make the class part of package helperClasses, and create a WEB-INF/classes/helperClasses folder and place the class there. Then of cource import the package helperClasses.

Thanks for the help!
David

john-at-7fff

I'm glad to hear you found a workaround.

So before there was no package declaration, and you put them at the root of WEB-INF/classes ?

I am amazed that didn't work -- I'll have to see how JBoss, for instance, deals with a class in WEB-INF/classes w/o a package declaration.

NHBFighter

ASKER

Yeah I just placed them in the WEB-INf/classes folder and there was no package declaration. Please let me know how JBoss handles it.