[Jython-users] jython servlet and modules

[Krajnak, M. (MED) <mic...@me...>]

Summary:  When I split my classes into multiple
files the JythonServlet reports a type error and
can't find the extra classes.

Details:
I've set up and run the JythonServlet on my Win2K
box and created some sample servlets.  I'm using
Jython 2.1a3.

I have jython in D:\opt\jython and my servlet context 
for Tomcat is at D:\dev\jyserv.  The jyserv directory 
looks like this:

\jyserv
   \WEB-INF
       \classes
       \lib
            jython.jar
       \jython
   \sample
        test1.py

And test1.py is:

--- jyserv/sample/test1.py:
import sys
from javax.servlet.http import HttpServlet

class message:
    def __init__(self, pMsg):
        self.msg = pMsg

    def getMessage(self):
        return self.msg

class test1(HttpServlet):
    def doGet(self, request, response):
        response.setContentType("text/html")
        out = response.getOutputStream()
        
        self.mesg = message("Hi Bob!")
        out.println(self.mesg.getMessage())

        out.close()
        return
---eof

Running jython servlet in Tomcat and going to
http://localhost:8080/jyserv/sample/test1.py

Displays the "Hi Bob!" message as expected.  If I
split the files into two like so:

--- jyserv\sample\message.py:
class message:
    def __init__(self, pMsg):
        self.msg = pMsg

    def getMessage(self):
        return self.msg
---eof

--- jyserv\sample\test1.py:
import sys
from javax.servlet.http import HttpServlet

class test1(HttpServlet):
    def doGet(self, request, response):
        response.setContentType("text/html")
        out = response.getOutputStream()
        
        self.mesg = message("Hi Bob!")
        out.println(self.mesg.getMessage())

        out.close()
        return
---eof

And after restarting Tomcat I get a type error:

Traceback (innermost last):
  File "D:\dev\jythonservlet\worklist\test.py", line 9, in doGet
TypeError: call of non-function (module 'message')

I've tried various forms of import and from.  I've inspected
python path to make sure \dev\jyserv was in the path.  I'm fairly
new to Python.  Has anyone else had this problem?  Why can't I
split up my classes into different files?

Thanks!!

Mike