How to make Jetty dynamically load “static” pages

Question

I am building Java web applications, and I hate the traditional \"code-compile-deploy-test\" cycle. I want to type in one tiny change, then see the result INSTANTLY, without

Answer 1

I also had this problem.

And I didn't want to create any additional classes and messing with web.xml

So here is what you can do:

Assuming you project is maven based and (lets say) called 'my-web-app'

1. create a file my-web-app/jetty/jetty-config.xml

2. put this stuff inside:

   
   
      
        org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.Default.useFileMappedBuffer
        false
      
   
   

3. Here is your jetty config:

   
       org.eclipse.jetty
       jetty-maven-plugin
       
           
               localhost
               8801
           
           
               /${project.artifactId}
           
           ${project.basedir}/jetty/jetty-config.xml
       
   
   

This solution will add an attribute to you servlet-context which will disable static resources locking.

Have fun :)