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]
