Auto-deploy/reload a jar in weblogic server
I am new to Oracle SOA Suite 11.1.1.4... Currently I am working on User defined XPath Functions. As part of this, I will prepare a jar file and need to deploy into weblogic server(10.3) domain lib folder(fusionmw\soasuite\11gR1\11.1.1\sp4\user_projects\domains\DOMAIN_NAME\lib). When ever this jar is altered, I need to replace this in server domain lib and restart the server to load the changes. But I feel this is not a good practice in production server to restart.
Is there a way to auto load updated jar into server's domain so the changes will reflect immediately instead of restarting the server.
Thanks in advance, Swamy.
Answer
Auto-deployment is a method for quickly deploying an application to a stand-alone server (Administration Server) for evaluation or testing. It is recommended that this method be used only in a single-server development environment.
You can run a WebLogic Server domain in two different modes: development and production. Only development mode allows you use the auto-deployment feature
To auto-deploy an archived application, copy its archive file to the /autodeploy directory. WebLogic Server automatically sets the application’s deployment mode to stage mode.