No, this is just an example. What I'd like to know is if stop/start or
reload has the same effect on a webapp as actually shutting down tomcat
and starting it back up.

+jeff


QM wrote:
> : would everything get dumped and reset -- would that static variable go
> : back to it's original state when the class file is first loaded?
> :
> : I should probably be asking a more specific question about classloaders
> : and sandboxes and whatnot, but I'm not sure how this stuff works in
> : tomcat and I'm not familiar w/ classloaders beyond their basic operation.
>
> I'm not familiar with how the manager app "reloads" apps, but you
> could perform an experiment to find out:
>
> If you already have such a static var in question, write a quick JSP
> that prints that value to screen. Fire up your app, hit this JSP (to
> catch the initial/default value).
>
> Call the servlet/whatever that changes that value.
>
> Next, reload Tomcat using the manager app.
>
> Hit the JSP again (make sure to force a reload in your browser).
> Compare the printed value to the original/default.
>
>
> Also, is there any reason you require this to be a static variable?
>
> -QM
>



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