Dynamically loadable and unloadable application modules in Java - how?

Question

I\'m writing a server application which makes use of external modules. I would like to make them to be upgradeable without requiring server restart. How do I do that? I\'ve foun

Answer 1

It would at least require you to define your custom classloader... I don't see how can this be simpler than just using Felix, Equinox, Knoplerfish or any open source Osgi runtime to do the task. Maybe SpringDM is simpler...