Whether file changes are noticed or not depends on what loads the file to begin with. JSP changes are noticed because Tomcat looks for such changes. Various configuration xml file are noticed because the hot deployer looks for them. Even changes to log4j.xml are noticed by the logging service. But for everything else, changes are probably ignored. For a properties file, only if the code that reads the properties file checks for changes will the file ever be reloaded. If that is your code, you need to do the checking. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4003375#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...