JRebel eliminates server restarts and speeds up developement.
I found a cost-free alternative: "Javeleon":
http://javeleon.org/index.php?page=features
They are also started to involve jboss as 7:
http://java.dzone.com/announcements/javeleon-20-out-reloading-java
Maybe it would be nice to integrate this within jboss-tools.
Or are there other planes of jboss-tools to eliminate server-restarts by code changes?
This would be would be great!