Did you try using JMX ? Unless you use security manager, this should give you access to many internals.
Costin On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 7:59 AM, David Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But to use the api that the manager app uses, your webapp needs to have > privileged="true" set in the context first. Second, look at the source for > the manager webapp for exactly what it does. And lastly, notice the manager > webapp can't reload itself -- I suspect there's a reason for that. > I'm not sure a webapp being reloaded can request the manager reload it as > the manager does it during the request and doesn't send a response until the > reload is complete. If you have code that can't unload because it's > actively being executed, it might block the reload. > > > --David > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > If you wanted to go that route, might as well call wget or curl to hit > > > the manager webapp with a reload command. > > > > > > > > > > > > It is then possible to send appropriate http request from java class to > > manager webapp, isn't it? > > But is there any API to reload the context from the app itself? I > > suppose > > I need exactly the same API call as manager app does to reload the > > context! > > > > > > Regards, Milos > > > > > > > > > The OP is trying to reload > > > one webapp, not the entire tomcat. > > > > > > --David > > > > > > David Kerber wrote: > > > > > > > > > > David Smith wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Don't think so. The next best things are a) using the manager > > > > > webapp > > > > > to reload or b) design the webapp to reload local config > > > > > information > > > > > itself. The only down side to (b) is it can't work on resources > > > > > defined in tomcat configs like database pools. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Couldn't you call an external batch file that stopped and then > > > > restarted Tomcat? Like calling a windows .cmd file that issued NET > > > > STOP and NET START commands? That's not exactly the application > > > > itself doing the restart, but it's probably close enough for most > > > > purposes. > > > > > > > > D > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --David > > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > is there any way to reload deployed application from the > > > > > > application > > > > > > itself? > > > > > > I suppose there must be an API to do that. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > Milos Kovacevic > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > David Smith > > > Network Operations Supervisor > > > Department of Entomology > > > Cornell University > > > 2132 Comstock Hall > > > Ithaca, NY 14853 > > > Phone: (607) 255-9571 > > > Fax: (607) 255-0940 > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > -- > David Smith > Network Operations Supervisor > Department of Entomology > Cornell University > 2132 Comstock Hall > Ithaca, NY 14853 > Phone: (607) 255-9571 > Fax: (607) 255-0940 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
