Hi,
I have the same painful process. Infact, this is the reason I use Orion App
Server (www.orionserver.com) during development! Orion has the ability to
reload servlets and javabeans. However, it TOO needs to be restarted IF the
bean or servlet descends from another class you have created. However, if
you recompile BOTH classes (or from the base class down to the one you
changed), then it auto-loads them all! I dont quite understand why this is
necessary, seems to me if it just checks the .class and .java files and one
is changed it would just reload it..but oh well. Anyways, its much faster
at restarting than JRUN (you have to close it, then re-run it), but its a
100% Java written too (surprisignly enough) so its very easy to setup. Uses
XML config files that are easy to figure out, has a javadoc help file,
supports JSP 1.1, EJB 1.1, Servlets 2.2, JNDI, and its even fully scalable.
As you can tell..I love it! The only downside to it is its a single
developer writing the thing (which when you think about it..is pretty
astounding that one developer has written an app server in java that is
better (in many opinions), faster (800% faster than IIS/JRUN), cheaper
($1500 per server, no matter how many cpus), and supports the latest specs!
Most app servers today havent started supporting JSP 1.0 yet, and EJB is a
ways off too. So if your looking for a GREAT development
web/app/jsp/servlet/ejb engine..orion is the one! Its free to use for
development and non-commercial as well! So you cant lose. It will be
supportive of J2EE soon too.
Anyways..for what its worth...
Kevin Duffey
Software Engineer
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