problem with xercesImpl.jar

[sean]

I'm deploying a simple XML parsing servlet using the latest
2.5.0 xerces jars in it's lib directory.

This servlet runs fine on my local machine, but when I deploy it
to the production server, the JRE throws a java.lang.NoSuchMethodError
for the method
method parse(Ljava/io/InputStream;Lorg/xml/sax/helpers/DefaultHandlerV not found

This method is definitely in the latest xerces jar, so I'm guessing
it's picking up an obsolete jar file somewhere before the current
jar in the classpath.

Unfortunately I have little control over the production server, so
can anyone suggest how I can force xerces to use the actual
latest library?

Thanks,
Sean

 

[David Baer]

can you manipulate the CLASSPATH-variable of your production server?

make sure the 2.5-version is in the classpath.

d.