I also know that there are different types of debugging modes that you can run Tomcat it that do not require a restart for a .class file change. - Duncan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Coleman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 10:43 PM Subject: RE: restarting tomcat > I don't know the "why's". I just know that a change to a JSP doesn't require > a restart but a change to a class file does. > > Karl > > > > > That's a great question! I was about to ask a very similar > > question myself. > > > > If you make changes to a JSP file, that means that file has to be > > recompiled, first to a .java file, then by javac to a .class > > file, which is > > really a Servlet. So, does changing a JSP file mean the Tomcat web app to > > which it belongs is also reloaded? > > > > Rob > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: naryam naryam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 8:28 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: restarting tomcat > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Is it true that each time a java servlet changes the tomcat > > > servlet engine must be restarted. > > > > > > Does it mean that each time we need to recompile, we need > > > also to restart the engine? > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]