Does changing web.xml require restarting Tomcat?

[James Cribb <Ja...@zoom.com.au>]

If I define a new servlet-mapping in my context's web.xml, do I need to
shutdown and restart Tomcat 3.1 to have the mapping detected?  My testing
indicates I do, but I'd rather not have to so if there's another way...?

Re: Does changing web.xml require restarting Tomcat?

[Arion Yu <ar...@stt.com.hk>]

Hi!

The answer is "yes". web.xml is read during tomcat initialization. Of course
you can change the behaviour to the way you want (like notify tomcat for the
change of the context) since it is open source.

Enjoy!

Arion

James Cribb wrote:

> If I define a new servlet-mapping in my context's web.xml, do I need to
> shutdown and restart Tomcat 3.1 to have the mapping detected?  My testing
> indicates I do, but I'd rather not have to so if there's another way...?

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