May the source be with you!

Today I found spring loaded ( https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-loaded ) in short this is a java agent that enables class reloading of already running VM. Simply this means zero deployment time (in many cases). It is like a free and open source alternative of JRebel. Spring Loaded allows you to add/modify/delete methods/fields/constructors. The annotations on types/methods/fields/constructors can also be modified and it is possible to add/remove/change values in enum types. There is a preliminary java8 support. There is also another project DCEVM ( which is also great but supports only till JRE 6 update 26). More info here http://ssw.jku.at/dcevm/ But lets stop speaking and show you how it works. In short you just need to pass the agent when starting the vm and that’s it. >java -javaagent:D:/Downloads/springloaded-1.2.0.BUILD-20140409.201438-12.jar -noverify org.gochev.MainClass I am using this Build since I am running Java 8 and this is currently the latest . The ...