implementing class files in different location for tomcat 4.1

[Matthew Macchia]

I currently have tomcat setup with a normal context entry for my
application and have put all my classes in /WEB-INF/classes/ however,
I need to actually move them to another location since the files will
be shared with another application. For example, from
/WEB-INF/classes/ to /opt/whatever/

Is it possible to move the directory where tomcat looks for it's local
applications classpath?

Please advise
thanks!
-matt

 

[Manavendra Gupta]

Is there a specific reason why you are not using the "shared" folder in
tomcat (available 4.x onwards)? jars/classes in the shared/lib folder are
available across applications

Cheers
Manav

 

[Matthew Macchia]

well, the other application we are running is entirely outside of
tomcat. So, it isn't a case of sharing the class files between
contexts, it's a situation where I share the classes between two
seperate JSP containers.
It would be too difficult to try to move the other application from
it's current container.

Any ideas?
I have been reading up on modifying the StandardClassLoader in tomcat
to find my other directory. Has anyone had any experience doing this?