Tomcat: How to point different directories to the same WEB-INF

Question

Currently trying to setup multiple subdomains/domains in my Tomcat and I'm needing them all to use the same WEB-INF/classes/ for everything.

Basically my folder structure is like so:

Z:/
project/
    assets/   (assets.domain.com)
    main/     (www.domain.com)
    dev/      (dev.domain.com)
    WEB-INF/  (the WEB-INF I want everyone using.)
        classes/
            com/
                example/

So basically I need assets.domain.com, www.domain.com, and dev.domain.com to go up one level in the directory to find the WEB-INF and use the Java classes stored there... Is there any way to accomplish this? Thanks!

Answer 1

if you are trying to share java code across webapps, you will need to package them as jar and place it in either server/lib or endorsed folder . then each deployed webapp will have access to the same class files.