奇怪的异常:
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sendMail' defined in URL [file:/E:/apache-tomcat-5.5.20/webapps/pics/WEB-INF/classes/application-service.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/activation/DataSource
Caused by:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/activation/DataSource
 
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在网上查了下 有类似的问题
 
ERROR - ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(203) | Context initialization failed
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'xfire.typeMappingRegistry' defined in class path resource [org/codehaus/xfire/spring/xfire.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/activation/DataSource
============看到没,在定义bean name为'xfire.typeMappingRegistry' 路径资源[org/codehaus/xfire/spring/xfire.xml]出错,,
则你的DataSource不能建立,,我不知道你applicationContext.xml中的配置,及xfire.xml文件,,,是什么,,,只能说这些了,,你在好好看看这几个出错的地方.
 
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在项目的WEB-INF/lib中的确有activation.jar，但却总报这个错误。直到后来将activation.jar包拷贝到tomcat的common/lib下才算解决。
ps：应该只是加载次序的不同，但似乎tomcat处理的方式很奇怪