----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher J Cowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 11:27 PM
Subject: RE: 'work' Folder--help??
> I thought the work folder is for intermediate files used by Tomcat... as
> stated in the User Manual:
The work folder is for the .class files that your .jsp files generate.
Remember
.jsp is just inside out servlets. When you create a .jsp file it is
compiled
into a .class file in the work directory when it is first requested.
However
if you change the .jsp file a new class file is created the first time the
page
is requested. There are I think 3 exceptions to this:
If a servlet is included on the page using <jsp:include and it changes,
a new work file will not be created.
If a page is included with the <%@include and the include file is
changed then the work file is not recreated.
If a page uses Beans and a Bean is changed, the work file isn't
recreated
and in fact the new Bean isn't re-loaded.
I think the above is correct, certainly seems to be from my experience.
Andy C
Editor The R2 Project
http://www.r2-dvd.org
