Well, everything can be easily updated, like static files, and there are
plenty of dynamic pages tech out there. JSP is actually not dynamic
because it uses compilation, although this is hidden, they are actually
servlets with a small runtime.
There are plenty of possibilities for you:
- Make your updates in place, then add a .dodeploy. That's more robust
(it allows classes changes), and still far faster to use an exploded
deployment.
How is that faster for anything but small examples ? it will invalidate running sessions
and require
bigger items (such as Hibernate/JPA, Spring configuration etc. to have to restart too.)
- Add the development mode in the JSP config if you're working
with
exploded deployments, and anticipate only JSP updates. Sorry, but this
is a rather specific situation right now, it's no longer 2001.
If this is just for JSP compilation it is less of an issue.
Is JSF facelets refresh also disabled by default or will it be ?
/max
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