RE: JAXB, ClassLoaders and Web appsThanks for the suggestion.
However, isn't that the same as using the single-argument version, i.e. JAXBContext ctx = JAXBContext.newInstance(MY_CONTEXT_PATH)? From the API documentation:
"This is a convenience method for the newInstance method. It uses the context class loader of the current thread. To specify the use of a different class loader, either set it via the Thread.setContextClassLoader() api or use the newInstance method."
----- Original Message -----
From: Katz Guy
To: JAXB-INTEREST_at_JAVA.SUN.COM
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: JAXB, ClassLoaders and Web apps
Hi;
My suggestion is to always use Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()
This will make your application most portable across different vendor implemenations.
It will also inforce you to package your applications better.
So my suggestion is: JAXBContext ctx = JAXBContext.getInstance(MY_CONTEXT_PATH,Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Lowe [mailto:rmlowe_at_rmlowe.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 12:40 PM
To: JAXB-INTEREST_at_JAVA.SUN.COM
Subject: JAXB, ClassLoaders and Web apps
What is the "right" way to create a JAXBContext instance in a Web
application, assuming the JAXB classes are deployed as part of the Web app
(i.e. not in the system classpath).
Basically, I can use the thread's context loader as follows:
JAXBContext ctx = JAXBContext.getInstance(MY_CONTEXT_PATH);
or I can explicitly use the current class loader:
JAXBContext ctx = JAXBContext.getInstance(MY_CONTEXT_PATH,
ThisClass.class.getClassLoader());
Up until now, I have been doing the latter, on the (possibly flawed)
assumption that it was more likely to pick up the correct classes and
resources from the Web app.
However, when using JUnit 3.8.1 to run a test case that involves JAXB, I get
a java.lang.LinkageError (stack trace below). This error goes away if I
switch to the first method.
Is one method "better" in this situation?
java.lang.LinkageError: Class org/relaxng/datatype/Datatype violates loader
constraints
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:486)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:426)
at junit.runner.TestCaseClassLoader.loadClass(TestCaseClassLoader.java:104)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:253)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:313)
at
org.imsglobal.xsd.imsmd_rootv1p2p1.impl.CatalogentryTypeImpl$Unmarshaller.te
xt(CatalogentryTypeImpl.java:197)
at
com.sun.xml.bind.unmarshaller.ContentHandlerEx.revertToParentFromText(Conten
tHandlerEx.java:308)
at
org.imsglobal.xsd.imsmd_rootv1p2p1.impl.EntryImpl$Unmarshaller.text(EntryImp
l.java:149)
at
com.sun.xml.bind.unmarshaller.SAXUnmarshallerHandlerImpl.consumeText(SAXUnma
rshallerHandlerImpl.java:211)
at
com.sun.xml.bind.unmarshaller.SAXUnmarshallerHandlerImpl.processText(SAXUnma
rshallerHandlerImpl.java:215)
at
com.sun.xml.bind.unmarshaller.SAXUnmarshallerHandlerImpl.endElement(SAXUnmar
shallerHandlerImpl.java:125)
at
org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(AbstractSAXParser.jav
a:552)
at
org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(XMLNSDocument
ScannerImpl.java:544)
at
org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatc
her.dispatch(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1533)
at
org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocume
ntFragmentScannerImpl.java:346)
at
org.apache.xerces.parsers.DTDConfiguration.parse(DTDConfiguration.java:529)
at
org.apache.xerces.parsers.DTDConfiguration.parse(DTDConfiguration.java:585)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:152)
at
org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:114
2)
at
com.sun.xml.bind.unmarshaller.UnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal(UnmarshallerImpl.ja
va:130)
at
javax.xml.bind.helpers.AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal(AbstractUnmarshall
erImpl.java:139)
at
javax.xml.bind.helpers.AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal(AbstractUnmarshall
erImpl.java:186)
at
com.netdimen.cpackage.MetaDataImporter.getSummary(MetaDataImporter.java:236)
at
com.netdimen.cpackage.MetaDataImporter.getSummary(MetaDataImporter.java:264)
at com.netdimen.scorm.packaging.Metadata.getSummary(Metadata.java:247)
at
com.netdimen.scorm.packaging.Organization.getMetaDataSummary(Organization.ja
va:260)
at com.netdimen.scorm.packaging.Organization.create(Organization.java:282)
at com.netdimen.scorm.packaging.Manifest.create(Manifest.java:167)
at
com.netdimen.scorm.packaging.JaxpContentPackageImporter.readManifest(JaxpCon
tentPackageImporter.java:48)
at
com.netdimen.scorm.packaging.ContentPackageImporter.importContentPackage(Con
tentPackageImporter.java:79)
at
com.netdimen.unittest.scorm.ImportPackageTestCase.testInputScormPackage(Impo
rtPackageTestCase.java:59)
Robert Lowe
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