Re: reload on demand?

2007-02-27 Thread Kent Tong
Paul Singleton jbgb.com> writes: > Are you serious?! Our developers rely on Hot Code Replacement to > enable them to continue debugging after changes to program logic, > and only restart if they want/need to or if HCR fails (e.g. because > they added/altered a public member signature etc.). The

Re: reload on demand?

2007-02-27 Thread Paul Singleton
Kent Tong wrote: In a development environment it's desirable to reload a webapp if any of its class files has been changed. Are you serious?! Our developers rely on Hot Code Replacement to enable them to continue debugging after changes to program logic, and only restart if they want/need to

Re: reload on demand?

2007-02-26 Thread Kent Tong
Christopher Schultz christopherschultz.net> writes: > I'm suggesting that you only deploy when you need to (even just copying > files into your exploded WAR area). Are you updating your app many times > more often than you want to reload it? Why? Because the project output folder in Eclipse is s

Re: reload on demand?

2007-02-26 Thread Christopher Schultz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kent, Kent Tong wrote: > Christopher Schultz christopherschultz.net> writes: > >> Why not only copy your new WAR file (or classes, etc.) to the deployment >> directory when you actually want the webapp to reload? > > Creating a WAR file and copying

Re: reload on demand?

2007-02-26 Thread Kent Tong
Christopher Schultz christopherschultz.net> writes: > Why not only copy your new WAR file (or classes, etc.) to the deployment > directory when you actually want the webapp to reload? Creating a WAR file and copying it takes quite a lot of time. So, the webapp is setup as an exploded directory.

Re: reload on demand?

2007-02-26 Thread Christopher Schultz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kent, Kent Tong wrote: > John McPeek bellsouth.net> writes: > >> If you use eclipse and WTP it does all that for you. Then you can spend >> almost 0 time thinking about start/stop/reload stuff. > > Thanks for the reply. However, it will reload th

Re: reload on demand?

2007-02-25 Thread Kent Tong
John McPeek bellsouth.net> writes: > If you use eclipse and WTP it does all that for you. Then you can spend > almost 0 time thinking about start/stop/reload stuff. Thanks for the reply. However, it will reload the webapp whenever a change is made, just like setting reloadable to true and wil

Re: reload on demand?

2007-02-24 Thread John McPeek
Hi Kent, If you use eclipse and WTP it does all that for you. Then you can spend almost 0 time thinking about start/stop/reload stuff. John Hi, In a development environment it's desirable to reload a webapp if any of its class files has been changed. I know about the reloadable flag, but it w

reload on demand?

2007-02-24 Thread Kent Tong
Hi, In a development environment it's desirable to reload a webapp if any of its class files has been changed. I know about the reloadable flag, but it will keep reloading the webapp whenever a change is made and slows down the computer. Instead, I'd like to reload it on demand, ie, when it is ac