> As others have mentioned, Bugzilla is the best way to raise 
> enhancement 
> requests (and post corresponding patches), while the 
> STRUTS-DEV list is 
> the best place to discuss ideas.

I'll follow this route, thanks.

> With regard to reload, you're going to find yourself 
> disappointed when 
> you can change config files but not classes; so it seems like 
> a lot of 
> effort for little gain (but it's not my effort, so not as big a deal 
> :-).

Changing the config is very useful when wiring together an initial site.  In large 
scale sites there's usually a two phase approach where the design house build the html 
and throws in the links.  In the second phase the tech guys build in the 
functionality.   To enable the first phase to happen where they can wire stuff up 
without a container restart is very helpful.

  I have found that using the right container makes all the 
> difference in the world; my typical turnaround time for an 
> "ant reload" 
> command issued against Tomcat is a couple of seconds -- and 
> that means 
> reloading the entire app, so it *does* pick up new and 
> updated Java classes.

Ah, but sometimes the client mandates a heavyweight container like WLS.  When you've 
got this with lots of bean deployment and wanting to wire up some new flow its a real 
benefit not to have to restart.

Fortunately, the ActionServlet is designed well enough to make extending and creating 
a Reloadable version a breeze.  Apart from refactoring some init() code into a 
seperate method the implemenetation of reloading is just a series of method calls.

Extending this further, CMS is more of an issue in the corporate environment.  Users 
want to be able to clone pages, add some links and content areas and quickly create 
content.  Its therefore of interest to ensure dynamic update of module config is 
available.

Regards
Richard.

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