How to reload embedded oc4j in JDeveloper without terminating it?

Question

To the experienced:
Using JDeveloper (10.1.3.4), when I need to see the effect of my changes in the application code (in the backing beans), the only way I know is to terminate the embedded oc4j by clicking the red square button (or Run > Terminate > Embedded OC4J Server), and then run a .jspx page to restart the oc4j. All these steps are just for the changes in the code to be loaded into the oc4j.
That is a bit too cumbersome because such reloading is frequent. To test the changed application I need to use an outside page that sends a request to that .jspx page, with some information that the .jspx page needs. That won't work because the oc4j has been terminated. So I have to Run that .jspx page inside JDeveloper just to start the oc4j, knowing that this will spill error in the browser window because the information from the outside page is missing.
Is there a way to have the application in the running oc4j updated without terminating and restarting the oc4j?
Thanks for helping!
Newman

Answer 1

It kind of depends on the type of changes you did - some changes can be picked up automatically just by saving the new file and reloading in the browser.
In any case you don't need to first stop the server and then run, you can just hit the run button again and JDeveloper will re-deploy your new page.
You can have the HTML file be part of your project and run it from inside JDeveloper - this will also re-deploy your new JSPX.