Why can't I get Tomcat to hot deploy?

[Ben]

So I know Tomcat is able to hot deploy but for some reason can't get
mine to do it. I've installed several different versions on a few
different computers and have "autoDeploy=true" in my server.xml file
and I always have the same problem. What am I missing? (I'm running
Tomcat on Windows)

Ben

 

[PerfectDayToChaseTornados]

| So I know Tomcat is able to hot deploy but for some reason can't get
| mine to do it. I've installed several different versions on a few
| different computers and have "autoDeploy=true" in my server.xml file
| and I always have the same problem. What am I missing? (I'm running
| Tomcat on Windows)
|
| Ben

I think that Tomcat only hot deploys exploded directories, not war files.
You can use the manager app or ant tasks to reload the war file.
--
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"Programs that are hard to read are hard to modify.
Programs that have duplicated logic are hard to modify.
Programs with complex conditional logic are hard to modify"

( Kent Beck)

 

[Ben]

| So I know Tomcat is able to hot deploy but for some reason can't get
| mine to do it. I've installed several different versions on a few
| different computers and have "autoDeploy=true" in my server.xml file
| and I always have the same problem. What am I missing? (I'm running
| Tomcat on Windows)
|
| Ben

I think that Tomcat only hot deploys exploded directories, not war files.
You can use the manager app or ant tasks to reload the war file.

That's what I'm referring to - exploded directories. It won't hot
deploy those. It only hot deploys JSP files for me, not class files.