[WW-3183] Add class reloading to the Spring plugin

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.1.8
• Fix Version/s: 2.1.8
• Component/s: Other
• Assignee: Musachy Barroso
• Reporter: Musachy Barroso
• Created: 12/Jul/09 18:04
• Updated: 28/Oct/12 22:11
• Resolved: 12/Jul/09 18:18

Description

To use this feature, follow these steps:

• Set "struts.devMode" to "true"
• Set "struts.class.reloading.watchList" to a comma separated list of directories, or jar files (absolute paths)
• Add this to web.xml:

<context-param>
<param-name>contextClass</param-name>
<param-value>org.apache.struts2.spring.ClassReloadingXMLWebApplicationContext</param-value>
</context-param>
*Add Apache Commons JCI FAM to the classpath. If you are using maven, add this to pom.xml:

<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-jci-fam</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
</dependency>

Notes:

• Some spring classes were overwritten to avoid java class/constructor cache.
• This will only work when "devMode" is set to true, and should not be used in production environments as it will slow down the application.
• This feature is experimental
• When a directory is specified in "struts.class.reloading.watchList", its sub directories will also be watched