> In my opinion you have a different problem here. Probably you read those > properties files at some point in your application lifecycle. Suppose > that point is your servlet init method (which is called only once > in the servlet life). > > If you change the properties files it's your responsibility that you re-read > those file and propagate the changes. You need to find a way to tell your > application that something in it's environment changed and it has to > reinitialize itself. > > > Best regards, > Dan
The properties files are reread by entering a particular URL - which is the behaviour I want. Unfortunatly it reads the old version of the properties file not the updated version. It will only read the updated version if I restart Tomcat. Thanks for your reply. Catharine -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>