hotdeploy – Tarik Billa

IntelliJ and WAR….changed files are not automatically recognized by server

February 12, 2024 by Tarik

This cannot be done if you deploy a war with IntelliJ IDEA. However, it can be if you deploy an exploded war. In IDEA: open your Tomcat Run/Debug configuration (Run > Edit Configurations) Go to the “Deployment” tab In the “Deploy at Server Startup” section, remove (if present) the artifact my-webapp-name:war Click the add icon, … Read more

Hot Code Replace Failed (eclipse)

June 2, 2023 by Tarik

Possibly, you have a test which is still running (in debug mode). Try finishing all tests (you can see them in the debug view: window->show view->debug) and try again…

What makes hot deployment a “hard problem”?

May 28, 2023 by Tarik

When a class is loaded, various static data about the class is stored in PermGen. As long as a live reference to this Class instance exists, the class instance cannot be garbage collected. I believe that part of the problem has to do with whether or not the GC should remove old Class instances from … Read more