JBoss doesn't automaticaly detecting source code changes

[hem kumar]

Hi all, recently i have started using JBoss 5.1 mainly for my own work . But i have found out that JBoss doesn't recognize any changes to source code if i do not redeploy the module or restart the server. This is so time taking considering that each deployment or restarting is taking approximately 2 minutes in my system. If there is any workaround like tomcat, which recognizes changes to source codes immediately?? Thank you very much.

[sachin burange]

Hello Hem,

JBOSS does detect the changes. what you have to do is

1. put a class files or its jar file in WEB-INF folder of deployment directory.
2. Reload the context adding space in web.xml

Using these two steps you will able to see that application redeployment starting automatically.

[hem kumar]

i am using JBOSS with either eclipse or Netbeans . Can you please explain me the steps needed to make this hot deployment work in JBOSS through any of the ide? In both the ides, i either have to run the project again or restart the server again to make any changes to work.

[sachin burange]

I guess in your case just build the project again and refresh the project.
JBOSS should detect the class changes, just try with sys out first.

[hem kumar]

No, its not working in the way you described. Even i modified the hdscanner-jboss-bean.xml and change the default value to 500 ms , still its not working. Any other solution??