title: ClassNotFoundException: org.json.JSONException
body: <p>I get the below exception even after having json.jar and commons-collections.jar in classpath. It fails exactly at the import statement for <code>JSONException</code></p>
  
  <pre><code>Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.json.JSONException
  at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:434)
  at com.ibm.ws.bootstrap.ExtClassLoader.findClass(ExtClassLoader.java:191)
  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:660)
  at com.ibm.ws.bootstrap.ExtClassLoader.loadClass(ExtClassLoader.java:111)
  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:626)
  at com.ibm.ws.classloader.ProtectionClassLoader.loadClass(ProtectionClassLoader.java:62)
  at com.ibm.ws.classloader.ProtectionClassLoader.loadClass(ProtectionClassLoader.java:58)
  at com.ibm.ws.classloader.CompoundClassLoader.loadClass(CompoundClassLoader.java:509)
  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:626)
  ... 30 more
  </code></pre>