DCEVM and Hotswap enable rapid turnaround by allowing almost any class change to the running VM. It offers an experience very similar to JRebel for WebObjects developers.

Prerequisites

• A JRE patched with the DCEVM http://dcevm.github.io 
• The Hotwsap agent to handle the WebObjects caches.

Patching the VM

DCEVM is the patch that enable the enhanced class redefinition in the VM. Download the installer for your JRE version and install the alternative VM. The patch is not always available for the latest update of the JRE, you may try the latest update available but it may not works. At the time I write this, the patch for Java 1.8 update 45 is at build 15 and it does not works completely, I get exception because some DelegatingClassLoader are not updated. The version for Java 1.7 update 71 build 2 works fine with java 1.7.0_79.

Hotswap agent

Hotwsap agent is an agent (like JRebel) that allows plugins to react to class redefinition events. These plugins are similar to the the JRebel plugins and add frameworks specific code to make sure they react correctly to the class changes.

How to use