I was just reading about using libraries in glassfish. That is, put jar files in a 'centralized' location so that it can be accessed from different web applications. domains-dir/lib/ext is one of such locations. I put some jar files there and restarted the server. The restart was successful but no application would load; not even the admin console. I investigated this and found the culprit to be the primefaces jar file I put. On removing it, glassfish worked properly. I've tried versions 3.1 and 3.2 of primefaces and the results are the same. On checking the server log, I find that, with primefaces in the ext folder, the class javax.faces.context.PartialViewContextFactory fails to load. Any idea what might be causing this. I should probably try the other library locations like domains-dir/lib/ but I'm curious.
By the way, I'm working on a windows 7 OS and using glassfish 3.1.1
Thanks.
Just put the libs in domains-dir/lib/.
From the Glassfish manual:
To use the Common class loader, copy the JAR files into the domain-dir/lib or as-install/lib directory or copy the .class files (and other needed files, such as .properties files) into the domain-dir/lib/classes directory, then restart the server. Using the Common class loader makes an application or module accessible to all applications or modules deployed on servers that share the same configuration.However, this accessibility does not extend to application clients.
More information about classloading in Glassfish can be found here.