Alternative of Jrebel for Hotswap or HotDeployment in Eclipse [closed]

Question

As i am working in Java from past couple of year i do not saw any effort from Oracle to solve the problem of class reloading. Like done by Jrebel

But its a licensed version and cost is very high its very worthy for me to buy 10-20 developer license. Any one know any open source or less costly licensing product which i can use for Hot deployment of Java classes as like JSPs OR JSF so i do not need to restart the server again and again for small Java class change.

Right now i am using Eclipse IDE ,Is any other Open source IDE like NetBeans have this inbuild feature or plugin available ?

Laryngoscope

Answer 1

Class reloading alone does not solve JSP or JSF or any other framework configuration reloading. This is what JRebel offers beyond class reloading.

You can make a search on the same topic in StackOverflow or Google and you'll find plenty of questions like your own. None of the alternatives are at the same level. You may take a look at Play! Framework, for instance, but that will require you to change the technology stack for your current project.

Retention

Do you mean no any good alternatives ? – Laryngoscope

The definition of "good" is quite different depending on the context. See the answer here https://mcmap.net/q/504634/-what-are-the-differences-between-the-various-java-plugins-for-hot-class-reloading-and-which-one-is-the-most-intuitive – Retention

Answer 2

Take a look at Hotswap Agent:

• Framework support - Spring, Hibernate, Logback, Jetty, Tomcat, JSF, ...
• Documentation how to setup DCEVM and precompiled binaries for Java 1.7
• Load classes and resources from various location (allow reload of classes from dependent project]
• Open source and free

Forecourse

Sweeeeeet this looks promising i have my fingers crossed – Judaea