JSP compilation - how to get them saved to disk?

[Duncan Frostick <df...@bmjgroup.com>]

Hi all,

I'm hoping this is a simple question that only needs one config change, 
but I don't know. I need to configure tomcat so that when a JSP is 
compiled upon first request, the actual compiled file is saved to disk 
permanently and used by tomcat from the disk rather than stored and run 
only from memory. The reason this is needed is so that after a tomcat 
restart (which is needed quite regularly), all the JSPs don't need to be 
recompiled, which takes a long time on a large application. Of course, 
if the JSP source has changed, then it would need to recompile, but 
otherwise I'd like it to use a disk copy of the compiled JSP, saving the 
server recompiling upon restart, thus saving our users a long time of 
waiting for the server to become responsive again.

Any help much appreciated,

Duncan Frostick