At 08:27 PM 4/20/99 +0200, Robb Shecter wrote:
>Hi,
>
>(Not specifically a JDE question, but I thought this might still be
>appropriate.)
>
>To me, the beanshell as an integrated testing tool has the problem that
>new class versions are not automatically recognized and reloaded. This
>limits its use for fast & easy testing. (Please correct me if I don't
>know something here!)
>
>I'm thinking of rapid testing similar to Smalltalk's
>Workspace+Inspector. With Beanshell, AFAIK once classes are recompiled,
>the beanshell process must be killed, and a new one started. This is
>time consuming and error-prone, but also means that any little scripts
>must be saved or retyped.
>
>In Smalltalk, though, this isn't the case. The system gracefully allows
>you to work with new class versions, without restarting the VM.
>
>Other Java systems have this problem too, like Echnida. But I wonder;
>servlet engines must handle this problem, and detect and reload classes
>that have changed. Maybe something from the JServ project, added to the
>Beanshell could do what I'm thinking.
>
