Or, if you mean doing this at runtime (once the app has started), then there isn't currently a way to do this. There are essentially two options for how to do this. We can do either, neither or both. 1) Allow the user to request a "reload" of Weld, which rebuilds the Weld metadata for all classes, without clearing the session or application state. This is reasonably straightforward to do, as long as we have a consistent id for the beans (all built in beans are) 2) Allow the user to request a reload of the metadata for a given class. This is trickier as it raises the question of what validation to trigger. there is also the option of allowing the addition of classes to a deployment, which is simpler than (2). Anyway, please file a JIRA feature request in WELD to start with. Pete On 15 Feb 2010, at 05:07, Stuart Douglas wrote: > Are you opening the jars before weld starts? If so you can add the classes from a PE using BeforeBeanDiscovery.addAnnotatedType(). > > Stuart > > ________________________________________ > From: weld-dev-bounces(a)lists.jboss.org [weld-dev-bounces(a)lists.jboss.org] On Behalf Of Jason Lee [jason(a)steeplesoft.com] > Sent: Monday, 15 February 2010 4:06 PM > To: Weld-Dev > Subject: [weld-dev] Adding Classes at Run-time > > I have an odd question. I have a situation where I'm manually opening a > JAR and adding its classes to the ClassLoader. What I'd like to be able > to do is have Weld scan these classes for any relevant annotations and > take the proper actions, just as if the JARs were in the classpath when > the application started. I've been staring at the JavaDocs (build > locally, btw, as I can't find them on the web :| ) but I don't see any > way to request that Weld inspect a given class. Is it there and I'm > missing it? Am I going to have cobble together that functionality? Am > I asking for something that can't be done (right now)? Any nudges in > the right direction would be much appreciated. :) > > -- > Jason Lee, SCJP > President, Oklahoma City Java Users Group > Senior Java Developer, Sun Microsystems > http://blogs.steeplesoft.com > > _______________________________________________ > weld-dev mailing list > weld-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/weld-dev > > _______________________________________________ > weld-dev mailing list > weld-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/weld-dev >

Hey Pete, 2 years later - was there any of these functionality implemented ? I am looking for a way to have weld rescan all the annotations in the classpath. Can this be done somehow ? Cheers, szimano -- View this message in context: http://weld-development-discussions.46994.n3.nabble.com/Adding-Classes-at... Sent from the Weld development discussions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ weld-dev mailing list weld-dev(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/weld-dev