How to continuously deploy changes in JSF project without restarting Tomcat?

Question

I have a JSF project in Eclipse. Now every time I make changes to the .xhtml files, I have to stop Tomcat server, and then start Tomcat server again. Is there any o

Answer 1

facelets.REFRESH_PERIOD: –
interval compiler checks for page changes – lower values useful during development

  
facelets.REFRESH_PERIOD  
2  


      (or)

  
facelets.REFRESH_PERIOD  
1  

• you can set any one of the above.
  change in web.xml
• set to -1 if you don't want to effect changes made.(default value)
• check this link.
  

Edit: as @BalusC told, above will work for jsf 1.x, For jsf 2.X change publishing settings and javax.faces.PROJECT_STAGE in web.xml.