Why are auto-deploy folders needed? Depending on the tools you use, they are sometimes a convenience in development, but can be simply annoying with other choices. For instance, JBoss has a jboss-jmx ant task that can be used to call the jboss deployer with a url. You can then have a deploy target in your ant script and forget copying your app into the hot-deploy directory. I'm not saying one way is always better than the other, I've used both.I agree. I assume that they are needed for development as a convenience and not recommanded for production deployments.
Do you plan to support two server modes a la WebLogic? I mean a Development mode with a "standard" auto-deploy folder and a Production mode where this feature is switched off.
I think that this is one of the nicies, which makes a product more appealing than another, yet this is my 2 cents.
Cheers, Gianny
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