Take a look at DCEVM, it’s a modification of the HotSpot VM that allows unlimited class redefinitions at runtime. You can add/remove fields and methods and change the super types of a class at runtime. The binaries available on the original site are limited to Java 6u25 and to early versions of Java 7. The … Read more
JRebel handles /WebContent folder changes. The problem is that Facelets do caching and do not reread changed files. To force reread specify the following parameters in web.xml. JSF 2 (Facelets 2.x): <!– Time in seconds that facelets should be checked for changes since last request. A value of -1 disables refresh checking. –> <context-param> <param-name>javax.faces.FACELETS_REFRESH_PERIOD</param-name> … Read more
UPDATED For IntelliJ IDEA 12+ releases we can build automatically the edited sources if we are using the external compiler option. The only thing needed is to check the option “Build project automatically“, located under “Compiler” settings: Also, if you would like to hot deploy, while the application is running or if you are using … Read more