web instance already stopped

Question

i get this error

Mar 22, 2011 12:36:01 AM org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader findResourceInternal
INFO: Illegal access: this web application insta         


        

Answer 1

Are you using Netbeans? I had a similar error except it was could not load oracle.sql.lnxlib. Like many posters have pointed out, this error usually has to do with Tomcat caching multiple instances of the application. A coworker was able to solve the problem for me by undeploying old instances of the application within Netbeans. To do so, go to the Services Tab > Servers and then double click on Apache Tomcat or TomEE and after running the application once since opening netbeans, a Web Applications Folder should appear. If you double click on that, you should see instances of your application appear. You should be able to right click them and then click undeploy (you may have to right click them and hit stop first). Finally, you should stop and then start tomcat before building and running your application.

Hope this helps.

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