You can reload the _mappings_ by doing http://myserver:myport/myapp/admin/reload.do
You can ask your servlet container to grab new classes... exact method depends on the container... I'm using Tomcat 4 and the steps were recently posted by someone else... I'll go grab the relevant part of the note... - - - - - - > From: Chris Birch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > As you're are using Tomcat4 you can reload a web apps context > using the > built-in Tomcat management web app. > > If your web-apps context is /myWebApp/ > > Simply enter http://localhost:8080/manager/reload?path=/myWebApp > > This should return a simple string that tells you your > context has been > reloaded and is usually much quicker than restarting. > > The manager app is protected, so you must have a user who can > log in with a > manager role. If you are using the simple memory realm > authentication then > update $TOMAT_HOME/conf/tomcat-users.xml and add: > > <user name="jeff" password="foo" roles="manager" /> > > For more information on the manager app see: > http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-4.0-doc/manager-howto.html > > After making code changes building/deploying with ant to > test, I always use > this method as I often have a couple of struts web-apps in my > Tomcat server. > > Regards, > Chris. - - - - - - += Jeff Knee > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Lawlor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 10:42 AM > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > Subject: RE: Struts intermittently not working after startup > > > > Error 500: No action instance for path /findEntity could be created > > ... > > I've gotten this type of thing when I'm changing any > of the action classes during development. I assume > struts might be doing its own class loading and I'm > pulling the old class out from under it. If you are > not modifying the classes, I don't know what might be > the cause. > > By the way, is there any way to tell struts to > re-initialize itself, including reloading the classes? > > Frank Lawlor > Athens Group, Inc. > (512) 345-0600 x151 > Athens Group, an employee-owned consulting firm integrating technology > strategy and software solutions. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

