Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post01.iad.highwinds-media.com!fx19.iad.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Arved Sandstrom User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130801 Thunderbird/17.0.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Eclipse local tomcat server classes not getting synchronized References: <902bb78a-3c64-4c9c-a356-4eee81db6e1f@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <902bb78a-3c64-4c9c-a356-4eee81db6e1f@googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 43 Message-ID: X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsgroups-download.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 19:45:33 UTC Organization: Public Usenet Newsgroup Access Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 16:45:33 -0300 X-Received-Bytes: 3672 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:25199 On 08/22/2013 04:46 PM, Lew wrote: > On Thursday, August 22, 2013 5:15:33 AM UTC-7, zigz...@yahoo.com wrote: >> I am new to Eclipse. I am developing some web services.e.g., MyService, using Dynamic Web project. I setup a local tomcat [sic] inside Eclipse at port 8081... I created Web Service and it seemed working. In addition to src and build folders, I do see webcontents folder and several folders under it including services/../MyService which are indication that my web service has been deployed under local tomcat. >> >> I made some changes in java [sic] code. I do see class file date/time get updated under build/classes, but I do not see updates under webcontents/WEB-INF/services/MyService which has my classes, why? I do have hot update set to true in axis2.xxml file under MyService/.../webcontents/... >> >> When I run my web service in Eclipse it does show the changes I have made in java code, so somehow they seem to be published to local tomcat; but I do not class date/time updated. I also added a new java class MyTest under Src. While it shows under build.. It does not show under contents? >> >> 1. How can I set automatic refresh of folders under webcontents ... > > Tomcat admin console. > >> 2. Why when I run my web services under Eclipse it runs just fine and shows the changes I made. > > Eclipse handles its own builds. If you have a build.xml for your project, which you should (or the > equivalent Maven or Gradle configuration), then you can build from the command line and from > Eclipse, plus Eclipse can be configured to drive its build from the build.xml. > > The normal way (i.e., not through Eclipse) to install an application in Tomcat is via the WAR file that > your project builds. Use the Tomcat managment console to deploy the WAR and Tomcat does the rest. > > You should not deploy raw classes to Tomcat (or other Java EE container). Too many things get omitted > that way. Deploy via WAR. > I often dispense with Eclipse (or other IDEs for that matter) for deployments, IOW direct interaction with the server. Whatever the server may be. Very few of the guys that I hand the apps off to are programmers, nor will they use IDEs to deploy. It helps me explain to them how they need to do things if I deploy the same way they have to. The admin consoles for modern servers are finally well-designed enough that you can do stuff quite quickly. I'm with Lew too that you shouldn't normally use IDE internal build mechanisms. Use Ant or Maven etc. IDEs are for developers, and few other people understand them. And people other than developers do have to run builds. AHS -- When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him. -- Jonathan Swift