Hi,
I have a web application (WAR) being deployed on Jboss 4.2.2 to JBOSS/server/all/deploy

A class in my WAR file references a shared library in JBOSS/server/all/lib

My shared library in JBOSS/server/all/lib bootstraps a spring context.

On our staging environment everything works A-OK.

However on our production environment I am getting this ClassNotFoundException and for the life of me cannot figure out why. My shared library is properly deployed in JBOSS/server/all/lib, spring does start booting but then I get the exception below:

The org.springframework.context.config.ContextNamespac eHandler class does exist within my shared JAR under server/all/lib

What could be causing this conflict or error?? Any help appreciated. Thanks



06:20:54,119 DEBUG [DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader] Loading bean definitions
06:20:54,131 DEBUG [DefaultNamespaceHandlerResolver] Loaded NamespaceHandler mappings: {http://www.springframework.org/schem...mespaceHandler, http://www.springframework.org/schem... spaceHandler, http://www.springframework.org/schem...spaceHan dler, http://www.springframework.org/schem...spaceHan dler, http://www.springframework.org/schem... espaceHandler, http://www.springframework.org/schem...sp aceHandler, http://www.springframework.org/schem... espaceHandler, http://www.springframework.org/schema/context=org.springframework.context.config.Context NamespaceHandler}
06:20:54,136 ERROR [[action]] Servlet.service() for servlet action threw exception
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.context.config.ContextNamespac eHandler
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadC lass(WebappClassLoader.java:1358)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadC lass(WebappClassLoader.java:1204)
at org.springframework.util.ClassUtils.forName(ClassU tils.java:257)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultNames paceHandlerResolver.resolve(DefaultNamespaceHandle rResolver.java:124)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefiniti onParserDelegate.parseCustomElement(BeanDefinition ParserDelegate.java:1330)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefiniti onParserDelegate.parseCustomElement(BeanDefinition ParserDelegate.java:1325)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultBeanD efinitionDocumentReader.parseBeanDefinitions(Defau ltBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.java:135)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultBeanD efinitionDocumentReader.registerBeanDefinitions(De faultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.java:93)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefin itionReader.registerBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinit ionReader.java:493)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefin itionReader.doLoadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitio nReader.java:390)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefin itionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionR eader.java:334)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefin itionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionR eader.java:302)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract BeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractB eanDefinitionReader.java:143)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract BeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractB eanDefinitionReader.java:178)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract BeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractB eanDefinitionReader.java:149)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract BeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractB eanDefinitionReader.java:212)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractXmlApp licationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractXmlApp licationContext.java:126)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractXmlApp licationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractXmlApp licationContext.java:92)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefres hableApplicationContext.refreshBeanFactory(Abstrac tRefreshableApplicationContext.java:130)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplic ationContext.obtainFreshBeanFactory(AbstractApplic ationContext.java:467)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplic ationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.ja va:397)
at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlAp plicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationCon text.java:139)
at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlAp plicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationCon text.java:83)