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Chuck,

On 10/10/2009 10:26 AM, Caldarale, Charles R wrote:
>> From: Christopher Schultz [mailto:ch...@christopherschultz.net] 
>> Subject: Re: [OT] tomcat 5.5.25 shared lib and sharing webapp jars
>> 
>> Also, the WebappClassLoader has to be able to re-load classes that
>> are updated during runtime. In order to do that, it needs to know
>> what has been loaded and when.
> 
> Yes, but that's actually done by restarting the webapp, not
> redefining an existing class.  This results in a new instance of
> WebappClassLoader and a completely new node being created on the
> classloader tree.

Yes, but in order to /detect/ the change, the ClassLoader needs to know
which classes it loaded. I wasn't suggesting that the WebappClassLoader
re-loads classes individually, but it needs to detect individual changes
in .class files and JAR files.

- -chris
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