Modifying groovy code at runtime in grails application

Question

When I run my grails application using embedded jetty server(tomcat for grails 1.2), I can make changes to my controllers, services and other java files on-the-fly at runtim

Answer 1

When you package your application as a WAR, the Groovy files are compiled to Java bytecode (.class files) and included in the WAR. The hot swapping of files at runtime is not suitable for production use due to memory leaks.