>I think te original poster wants to load on demand a new version of the
>servlet's class - a method like:
>
> ServletContext.markObsolete(Servlet myservlet);
>
>in order to inform the context to reload (through class loader)
>when a new request comes.
>This opposed with expensive dynamic reloading provided by some web servers .
>
>There is no such method in JSDK.
Yes, this is basically what I wanted to do. Since there doesn't
appear to be such a method, do you have any idea how this could
be implemented? Or, it this basically something that would have
to be added to each servlet engine? Thanks,
>
>Cezar.
>On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, James Duncan Davidson wrote:
>
>> > I looked through the servlet spec, and didn't see any
>> > way to do this, but I just want to know for sure.
>> > Bascially, I'm looking for a way to reload a servlet
>> > without shutting down the web server. I don't want to
>> > use the dynamic reloading facility, since I don't
>> > want the server to check the timestamp on my servlet
>> > on every request (I like that feature during development,
>> > but not in a production site.) So, I want a way to
>> > reload a servlet under program control (i.e., what
>> > the Admin server does when you set Loaded Now? to no).
>>
>> Servlet loading is under the control of the container that the servlets
>> are part of. Why do you need to reload a servlet during runtime if you
>> aren't trying to reload? Can't you call some sort of synchronized clear
>> method (that you implement) that will reset your servlet?
>
>I understood he wants to load a new version of the servlet, not just to
>clear it.
That is correct.
-- Bill
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