Jython does not resolve python imports from bundled Lib files/folders on Weblogic 10.3.5 - weblogic

Question

I am new to Jython and Python, trying to build a prototype that makes use of Python code to be called from within Java. The code I am developing works in Jetty and in standalone mode (running java -jar from the command line), but not when deployed to weblogic.
How can I make weblogic(10.3.5) server/Jython recognize the Lib folder within jython-standalone-2.5.4-rc1.jar?
My Java code uses the JythonObjectFactory to invoke python modules as outlined in the Jython book:
http://www.jython.org/jythonbook/en/1.0/JythonAndJavaIntegration.html
The Python modules are using external libraries like csv, logging etc. that are not packaged with jython.jar, hence I am using jython-standalone jar.
The java code includes an interface that would define the class type of the first invoked py module from within java. The interface and the input and output (to python modules) type classes are in a package structure as com.abc.xpackage. and the py modules exist at the root of this package. A controller layer calls the objectfactory and in turn executes the python code thus:
JythonObjectFactory calFactory = new JythonObjectFactory(CalcType.class, "Calculate", "Calculate");
CalcType engine = (CalcType)calFactory.createObject();
output = engine.execute(input);
The entire code is bundled as a jar file which would become part of a web application deployed on weblogic. The code was compiled with maven (with jython dependencies included in the repository) and runs fine on the included Jetty runtime within eclipse.
When deployed on weblogic, however, I get a "ImportError: no module named csv" error.
To analyze what is happening, I tried printing the Jython system state path on weblogic and the standalone environment/Jetty. What I found is,
on Jetty, the system path consists of the following:
C:\.m2\repo\org\python\jython\jython-standalone-2.5.3-rc1.jar\Lib, ____classpath__, ____pyclasspath__
on Weblogic, printing the system path by default shows the following:
____classpath__, ____pyclasspath__
I tried forcing the inclusion of the missing path using the code as follows:
public JythonObjectFactory(PySystemState state, Class interfaceType, String moduleName, String className) {
String pathToAppend = new File(state.getClass().getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().toURI().getPath()).getAbsolutePath()+"\\Lib";
state.path.insert(0, new PyString(pathToAppend));
state.path.append(new PyString(pathToAppend));
System.out.println("Jython sys path: "+state.path);
Please note, I prepended as well as appended the path in different trials. The sys path on weblogic now displays the following:
Jython sys path: ['C:\\wldomain\\wls135\\servers\\cgServer\\tmp\\app-1\\war\\WEB-INF\\lib\\jython-standalone-2.5.4-rc1.jar\\Lib', '__classpath__', '__pyclasspath__/', 'C:\\wldomain\\wls135\\servers\\cgServer\\tmp\\app-1\\war\\WEB-INF\\lib\\jython-standalone-2.5.4-rc1.jar\\Lib']
I am still getting ImportError despite this forcing of sys path. Please help why this works in a local environment, and not on weblogic, and if there is any configuration I am missing. Apologize for the rambling long post, I did not know how to explain the problem better. I will try and include any code/artifacts as needed.

Answer 1

Based on a comment(by Lassi) on the blog post below:
http://www.petervannes.nl/files/e1c3c56d15d25dcfd4adb5397a9ef71e-53.php
The jython issue was resolved after explicitly adding the Lib folder python.path to the weblogic startup script as a JAVA_OPTION.
In my case I added the exploded Lib folder to the domain server lib, but based on my test this works also from within the jython jar. Both the following JAVA_OPTIONS worked:
-Dpython.path=C:\wldomain\wls135\lib\Lib
-Dpython.path=C:\wldomain\wls135\lib\jython-standalone-2.5.4-rc1.jar\Lib
The programmatic way of sys.path.append worked for the local environment(jetty) but did not seem to work for weblogic.