What do you mean by (specifically, the word 'automatically'): anonymous wrote : Since AS 5.0 does exploded deploys automatically JBoss AS has always supported exploded deployment, and has always required, for such deployments, that the primary descriptor file (web.xml for WARs) be 'touched' to cause a redeploy. (Of course, you can updated static and JSP files without having to redeploy.) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4199835#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...