can i compile .tag files on the fly? please help :(
hey all, i'm looking for a definitive answer: can .tag files be compiled on the fly, or do they always require a recompile and restart for changes to take effect? we currently have jsp's set to compile on the fly, and it makes dev so much easier/faster. is there any alternative, if not the same very dynamic editing ability of .jsp's? running tomcat 5.02a. thanks so much! -john -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/can-i-compile-.tag-files-on-the-fly--please-help-%3A%28-tp19764368p19764368.html Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can i compile .tag files on the fly? please help :(
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 9:35 AM, LoopInfinitum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i'm looking for a definitive answer: can .tag files be compiled on the fly, or do they always require a recompile and restart for changes to take effect? Did you bother to try? In any case, I don't know if this is definitive but I've never compiled a tag file manually, nor restarted TC to see a change. FWIW, -- Hassan Schroeder [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]
Re: can i compile .tag files on the fly? please help :(
thanks much for the reply. haven't tried yet... i've never used jasper and would have to research it (someone else on my team set up our build process), so i was asking this first. I've never compiled a tag file manually, nor restarted TC to see a change. so this means you edit a .tag file, hit refresh in your web-browser, and you see the change? that would be great and exactly what i want to happen. what version of tomcat are you running? any ideas where you configure this type of behavior? thanks again, john Hassan Schroeder-2 wrote: On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 9:35 AM, LoopInfinitum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i'm looking for a definitive answer: can .tag files be compiled on the fly, or do they always require a recompile and restart for changes to take effect? Did you bother to try? In any case, I don't know if this is definitive but I've never compiled a tag file manually, nor restarted TC to see a change. FWIW, -- Hassan Schroeder [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] -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/can-i-compile-.tag-files-on-the-fly--please-help-%3A%28-tp19764368p19765186.html Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can i compile .tag files on the fly? please help :(
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 10:17 AM, LoopInfinitum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: haven't tried yet... i've never used jasper Nor have I, directly :-) I meant, why don't you just change a test .tag file and see what happens? Would have taken less time... so this means you edit a .tag file, hit refresh in your web-browser, and you see the change? that would be great and exactly what i want to happen. Yes. what version of tomcat are you running? 6.0.x any ideas where you configure this type of behavior? I believe it's controlled by the development parameter to the JSP servlet -- see the $CATALINA_HOME/conf/web.xml -- default setting is true, so no action necessary unless you've changed that. HTH, -- Hassan Schroeder [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]
Re: can i compile .tag files on the fly? please help :(
I would guess from a brief look at the jsp 2.0 spec, the answer is yes, but didn't read far enough to be absolutely sure. You could read the spec yourself for a definitive answer or just try it... Personally I find reality more fun. - write a test tag - write a jsp to test it - run the jsp test - modify the tag file only - run the jsp test again BTW, you should *really* upgrade your version of tomcat. You'll be happier with the results. --David LoopInfinitum wrote: hey all, i'm looking for a definitive answer: can .tag files be compiled on the fly, or do they always require a recompile and restart for changes to take effect? we currently have jsp's set to compile on the fly, and it makes dev so much easier/faster. is there any alternative, if not the same very dynamic editing ability of .jsp's? running tomcat 5.02a. thanks so much! -john - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can i compile .tag files on the fly? please help :(
thanks again for the replies. i guess i wasn't clear... i, of course, have tried this; the status quo is (and has been) that our team has to restart the server for any .tag changes made. it has been this way since i was hired a year ago, and, of course, we'd benefit greatly from being able to tweak changes in real time. and i agree with you, i know our tomcat is old :) unfortunately, we're stuck with it right now. i saw these in the spec: Upon deployment, the JSP container must search for and process all tag files appearing in these directories and subdirectories. For each tag file in the web application, a tag handler is made available to JSP pages and other tag files. The specifics of how this is done are left up to the Con- tainer implementation. For example, some Containers may choose to compile tag files into Java tag handlers, whereas others may decide to interpret the tag handlers. so my question is, can tomcat 5.02a be configured to compile .tag files on the fly? again, this is not the case for our current configuration. thanks again, john David Smith-2 wrote: I would guess from a brief look at the jsp 2.0 spec, the answer is yes, but didn't read far enough to be absolutely sure. You could read the spec yourself for a definitive answer or just try it... Personally I find reality more fun. - write a test tag - write a jsp to test it - run the jsp test - modify the tag file only - run the jsp test again BTW, you should *really* upgrade your version of tomcat. You'll be happier with the results. --David LoopInfinitum wrote: hey all, i'm looking for a definitive answer: can .tag files be compiled on the fly, or do they always require a recompile and restart for changes to take effect? we currently have jsp's set to compile on the fly, and it makes dev so much easier/faster. is there any alternative, if not the same very dynamic editing ability of .jsp's? running tomcat 5.02a. thanks so much! -john - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/can-i-compile-.tag-files-on-the-fly--please-help-%3A%28-tp19764368p19766951.html Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: can i compile .tag files on the fly? please help :(
From: LoopInfinitum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: can i compile .tag files on the fly? please help :( so my question is, can tomcat 5.02a be configured to compile .tag files on the fly? Your Tomcat version is a bit odd, since there never has been such any such level (Tomcat does not use any alphabetic characters in its versioning). If it's some offshoot of 5.0.2, that level is over 5 years old and I don't think it was ever officially released. Also, all Tomcat 5.0 levels are now deprecated (i.e., unsupported). - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can i compile .tag files on the fly? please help :(
LoopInfinitum wrote: thanks again for the replies. i guess i wasn't clear... i, of course, have tried this; the status quo is (and has been) that our team has to restart the server for any .tag changes made. it has been this way since i was hired a year ago, and, of course, we'd benefit greatly from being able to tweak changes in real time. and i agree with you, i know our tomcat is old :) unfortunately, we're stuck with it right now. i saw these in the spec: Upon deployment, the JSP container must search for and process all tag files appearing in these directories and subdirectories. For each tag file in the web application, a tag handler is made available to JSP pages and other tag files. The specifics of how this is done are left up to the Con- tainer implementation. For example, some Containers may choose to compile tag files into Java tag handlers, whereas others may decide to interpret the tag handlers. so my question is, can tomcat 5.02a be configured to compile .tag files on the fly? again, this is not the case for our current configuration. thanks again, john David Smith-2 wrote: I would guess from a brief look at the jsp 2.0 spec, the answer is yes, but didn't read far enough to be absolutely sure. You could read the spec yourself for a definitive answer or just try it... Personally I find reality more fun. - write a test tag - write a jsp to test it - run the jsp test - modify the tag file only - run the jsp test again BTW, you should *really* upgrade your version of tomcat. You'll be happier with the results. --David LoopInfinitum wrote: hey all, i'm looking for a definitive answer: can .tag files be compiled on the fly, or do they always require a recompile and restart for changes to take effect? we currently have jsp's set to compile on the fly, and it makes dev so much easier/faster. is there any alternative, if not the same very dynamic editing ability of .jsp's? running tomcat 5.02a. If you are really running 5.0.2 Alpha you need to upgrade. That version is over 5 years old and the 5.0.x branch hasn't been supported for some time. On current versions compilation on the fly does just work. Mark - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
