From: Ryan de Laplante <ryan_at_ijws.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:27:31 -0400

Hi,

I think the feature you are describing is called "Directory Deployment"
in GlassFish and NetBeans:

http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/fast_directory_deployment_in_glassfish
https://glassfish.dev.java.net/javaee5/deployment/#0.0.0.0.Packaging%20Applications%20for%20Deployment|outline

Also read about NetBeans 6.5's new compile on save feature and how it
relates to class reloading support, debugging, etc.

http://wiki.netbeans.org/CompileOnSave#section-CompileOnSave-JavaEE


Ryan


Q Master wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> Coming from Tomcat world I would like to asked few question related to
> what I like to call "Zero Down Time" while using an application server
> and by that I mean:
> - coding as I debug, having the class loader picking up the changes on
> the fly (Class Change Aware Classloader)
> - debug and test without deploy - just point the GF to the project -
> project that is reflects an J2EE app in an exploded format.
>
> I doubt this is possible but I would stand corrected if you prove my
> assumption wrong!
>
> Thanks,
> Q