How to turn on servlet reloading:
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Use a text editor to open the context.xml file in Tomcat's conf directory
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Add the reloadable attribute to the Context element and set this attribute to true:
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<Context reloadable=true">
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Save the changes to the context.xml file
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If necessary, restart Tomcat.
Description:
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By default, reloading is dis-abled.
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It is a performance hit to put this in production, but is useful in development.
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These settings are global and affects all instances of Tomcat.