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From: Paul Foxton <paul@network-sol.com>
To: "'tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org'" <tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org>
Subject: RE: Class reloading
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 15:10:13 +0100
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yes, I have 'reloadable' set to true in server.xml for my app directory
(under webapps) but its never reloaded my bean classes without =
restarting,
servlets I havn't tried it with as yet. The question seemed to me to =
relate
to beans in JSPs.

Sorry, I could have phrased my reply better : )

cheers,

Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Endre St=F8lsvik [mailto:Endre@Stolsvik.com]
> Sent: 19 July 2001 15:10
> To: 'tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org'
> Subject: Re: Class reloading
>=20
>=20
> On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, Paul Foxton wrote:
>=20
> | AFAIK tomcat doesn't support automatic reloading of=20
> classes. You do have to
> | restart.
>=20
> AFAIK all tomcats does support automatic reload, but it (at least =
3.2)
> sucks. If you have "very plain servlets", which doesn't put=20
> many "real"
> objects into the HttpSession (just Strings, Longs and the=20
> like), then it
> works pretty good. But if you try to use selfmade objects,=20
> you get hit by
> severe ClassLoader issues (You'll get ClassCastExceptions all=20
> the time).
>=20
> Tomcat 4 should work, but I haven't tested it yet. It uses a=20
> funky scheme
> of serializing the whole Sessions stuff, and restarting the=20
> whole webapp,
> and then "booting" it up again. What happens with singletons,=20
> I ask, but
> haven't tested it yet, as mentioned.
>=20
> Look at tomcat's xml configure file, it's a <auto-reload>'ish=20
> parameter,
> turn it to true..
>=20
> --=20
> Mvh,
> Endre
>=20