On Fri, 11 May 2001, Bo Xu wrote:
> "Craig R. McClanahan" wrote:
>
> > Thanks Kevin ... I think it's safe to assume that Beta 4 still has this
> > issue :-(.
> >
> > But, other than efficiency concerns, it should still work if the
> > particular class is *only* found in WEB-INF/classes and *not* in any of
> > the WEB-INF/lib/*.jar files, right?
> >
> > NOTE: automatic reloading is currently supported only for unpacked
> > classes in WEB-INF/lib.
> >
> > Craig
> > [...]
>
> sorry for sending a email to tomcat-dev List :-) I have already installed
> jakarta-tomcat-4.0-b1/2/3(standalone, JDK1.3, winnt40), and this moring
> I installed TC4.0-b4, just from my work, I find that I can not enable
> auto-reloading with TC4.0-b2/3/4, auto-reloading works quite well with
> TC4.0-b1, the following is detail:
>
> - in conf/server.xml, I set the following:
> ... reloadable="true" ...
>
> - my testing Servlet class(a class file, not a jar file) is in WEB-INF/classes,
> I find it can not be auto-reloaded with TC4.0-b2/3/4
>
> - with the same class, with TC4.0-b1, auto-reloading works quite well.
>
>
> and I also have a question:
> >NOTE: automatic reloading is currently supported only for unpacked
> >classes in WEB-INF/lib.
>
You're right ... it's been a long day already (and it's only 1pm Pacific
time). I meant WEB-INF/classes.
The one and only place from which automatic reloading will work is
unpacked classes in WEB-INF/classes of your own web app. No changes to
any classes or JAR files *anywhere* else are recognized.
However, you can trigger a reload manually on any app -- whether or not
you've set the "reloadable" attribute -- by using the Manager application.
> I think:
> - unpacked (Servlet) classes are in WEB-INF/classes, not in WEB-INF/lib,
> is this a "writing error"? or I also can put .class file in WEB-INF/lib? i.e.
> % I only can put jar file in WEB-INF/lib, I can not put class file in
> WEB-INF/lib
> % I only can put class file in WEB-INF/classes, I can not put jar file in
> WEB-INF/classes
> % or I can put both class/jar file in both classes/lib folder?
>
> - now all the jar files in TOMCAT_HOME/lib or WEB-INF/lib can Not be
> auto-reloaded,
> only those .class file in WEB-INF/classes should be auto-reloaded
>
> is the above right?
>
>
> Thanks in advance for your time! :-)
>
>
> Bo
> May.11, 2001
>
>
>
>
Craig
