On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Bojan Smojver wrote:
> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 10:40:21 +1000
> From: Bojan Smojver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: Tomcat User List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: TC4: web.xml and reloading
>
> I looked through the source code and in the documentation of the Loader
> to see if the change of web.xml will cause an application reload in TC4
> when relaodable is set to true, but I couldn't find anything that would
> tell me that explicitly.
>
> I'm sure this is the case in TC3.3, I was just trying to establish if
> that was the case in TC4.
>
When you set an application's <Context> entry to say "reloadable='true'",
Tomcat starts a background task that watches for changes to *any* class
that was originally loaded from /WEB-INF/classes or /WEB-INF/lib. If such
a change is detected, the app will be reloaded. The default checking
interval is 15 seconds, and can be changed like this:
<Context ... reloadable="true" ...>
<Loader checkInterval="5"/>
</Context>
Of course, you can reload any application at any time (whether or not
you've set reloadable) by using the Manager application.
> Bojan
>
Craig
> PS. Is there really any need to keep the current documentation on the
> web site? The experimental seems to be more comprehensive.
>
The old stuff will be removed now that the new stuff has just become the
official version. Up until very recently, the new format was not yet
complete content-wise.
